For many anglers, myself included, trout fishing is synonymous with small freestone streams. Dry flies, undiscerning fish, mountain air, complete solitude – sign me up. Unfortunately, these streams ...

If you think about fly fishing or river fishing in general, chances are that a brown trout comes to mind. Catching a big brown is the pinnacle for many trout anglers, whether fishing with fly gear or ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

A deep, slow-moving pool is as close as you’ll get to trout paradise – cool, oxygen-rich, and easy for fish to hold in. It should come as no surprise that pools are great places to catch trout, but ...

Winter trout fishing is a funny thing. Some people love it because the crowds are gone, and they can bank on having long stretches of great water all to themselves. Other people hang up the trout gear ...

This story, “It Takes a Grampus,” appeared in the August 1950 issue of Outdoor Life. Did you ever buck a first-class, big­ scale, full-blown jinx in a choice piece of trout country? Ever fish streams ...

There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

Fishin' time Pennsylvania's trout season opens statewide at 8 a.m. Saturday. The state Fish and Boat Commission established that trout season would open on the first Saturday in April each year.