New Record Gerrard Rainbow Trout
Congratulations to Sophie E. on setting a new catch-and-release record Gerrard rainbow trout! The 8-year old angler wrangled up the 36.5 inch monster while trolling flies on Idaho’s famous Lake Pend Oreille in early October 2019. Renowned fishing writer...
Fishing Scotland
Mention salmon and grouse in the same breath and hunting and fishing Scotland instantly comes to mind. Gentlemen in snap brim hats, Norfolk shooting jackets, plus fours and wellies to the knees, best gun poised with loader at the ready, their eyes searching the brow...
Arkansas Smallmouth And Trout
Billy Vanderbilt (left) found the smallmouth bass biting on the Spring River when he was out recently with guide Mark Crawford of Spring River Flies and Guides. Billy used an olive Woolly Bugger to catch the smallmouth. Trout are often what is most talked about when...
A Wolf Creek Chronicle
Carl Lear loved his father’s fly rod. At eight years old, he couldn’t remember a time when that rod had not been a part of his life, as it would continue to be for the rest of his days. The rod was a deep golden color with matching fly line that was much easier for...
Degrees of Skunked
The stream we call Humility Creek gives up trout grudgingly on good days. This was not a good day. The water trickled at half its spring flow while fish shivered with closed mouths. Icicles hung from banks where water seeped. I had tried teasing fish with streamers in...
A Fish Always Rises
You learn a lot about life when fishing with John Gierach and Bob White.
Cold-Water Considerations
Rod and lure suggestions for when your fishing cools.
Casting for an Answer
“Most guys breathe a sigh of relief when they get the second date. I start thinking about how it’ll impact my fishing plans.”
Conquering the Cayuse
Hike-fishing streams where SUVs fear to tread.