Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

Fly Fishing With Big Streamers For Big Smallies During this time of the season, my favorite and most productive ways to catch large smallies are by throwing big streamers. But that by itself is not ...

From a distance, I watched as a bright yellow maple leaf gently disengaged itself from the branch it had been attached to since April because of the aging process and a swift northerly breeze.

A 6- or 7-weight rod with a sink-tip line is ideal for fall streamer fishing. It’s a heavy set-up that helps you turn over ...

With the end of summer in sight, it’s time to stock those streamer boxes with larger flies that imitate baitfish, sculpin, and fry. Here is our list of don’t-leave-home-without fall flies for ...

Fly fishing Amber Lake is open until Nov. 30 with a limit of one trout 18 inches or larger, and it should provide good fishing right to the end. Dark-colored wooly buggers are doing well. By late ...

Leaves tumbling in the river’s current provoke thoughts of kype-jawed brown trout hiding beneath cut banks. A caddis dry fly will not provoke brute browns into showing their face. Autumn demands ...

"Midway through this epic session, while stripping my fly through the current seam of a particularly juicy run, I spotted a flash of silver and felt lightning strike my 8-weight, almost ripping it ...