guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

An expert guide breaks down the best fishing rod and reel setups for every environment, from mountain streams to the surf.

Two of the most popular styles of freshwater angling here in New York and the Northeast, for that matter, bass and trout fishing, have a lot of differences. A surprisingly wide gulf. Maybe the ...

James Payne and I covered fly tying last week but neither of us actually went through the process of tying. I will try to ...

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a brown trout in a cedar tree. Translation: my wife signed off on a pre-Christmas streamer trip. I love winter fly fishing for trout. It’s ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

Fly fishing for trout can be one of the most rewarding and exciting outdoor pursuits there is. It can also be one of the most frustrating. I often hear people who don’t fly fish talk about how ...

It’s rare that a single fly pattern can work every day and in every situation on a western trout stream, but I’d argue that Rim Chung’s RS2 Emerger comes pretty darn close. Rim’s personally tied RS2s ...

CASSVILLE, Mo. -- Sight fishing for black bass or trout is heart thumping excitement in that anglers actually see fish bite. Set the hook and the fight is on. Bass anglers sight fish during spring at ...

Fly fishing is a sport that has been around for many years and is a method for harvesting trout and other fish for the dinner ...