Brown trout are inherently aggressive eaters, and they’re typically not afraid of a big meal. On days when they don’t seem to be feeding on the surface, tie on a streamer and don’t think twice.

Fly Fishing Lessons That Transfer In the life of every dry fly angler, there comes a time when a friend who has no business outfishing you does so by using subsurface flies. At that point, you may ...

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 ...

How to Skate a Dry Fly for Trout Buoyant flies like Wulffs, Stimulators, and Humpies are good skaters. Orvis Grasshoppers blown from grassy banks hit the surface kicking.

This bedraggled Goldralopp dry fly is testament to the fondness Iceland’s brown trout have for it. (Ed Engle - Courtesy photo) ...

Leaving the fly in the water after an audible strike is critical for success. Trout setting in the dark removes the fly from the strike zone. A big brown is often looking for the food after the ...

The feisty fish made a series of wild runs upstream and down, bending Kina's fly rod like a pretzel. After a worthy battle, he landed a beautiful 20-inch brown trout. The fishing was good for ...

Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches more fish than dry fly fishing does – and they’re absolutely right.