I read about this technique from a Wyoming fly-fishing guide years ago. The more I learned, the more I realized this approach can be duplicated in a variety of water — from our cold-water trout ...

I’ve been visiting Crater Lake my entire life, as this iconic national park is only a few hours’ drive from my hometown of Glide. Despite dozens of trips there, the first sight of that massive crater ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

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 ...

I often hear people who don’t fly fish talk about how difficult it is to catch a trout on the fly. I’ll let you in on a little secret: Fly fishing isn’t as hard as it may seem. Like anything, there ...

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 ...