Category Archives: Trout Fishing
Take the Time to Reconnect and Fish With Your Childhood Friends
A while back, I watched the movie Grown Ups, which tells a story about a group of childhood buddies reuniting after several years of losing touch with one another. Watching the movie, I found myself reminiscing about my own childhood friends, and how much I...
Sunday’s Classic / Why Aren’t We Talking More About Angler Positioning
Countless fly fishing articles have been written about matching the hatch, setting up your rig correctly for the water you're fishing, and how to cast tight loops. It's true you should always have these areas covered in your fly fishing game but what about angler...
Big Trouble in Little Mountain
"I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING," STEVE TELLS ME. "I CAME ALL THE WAY TO WYOMING FOR THIS?" I look down from the deep head cut at the trickle of water below. It's, maybe, eighteen inches wide and no more than six deep. The red earth stream...
Weather Dictates When and How I Fish My Terrestrials
Every year, I'm asked by clients, when is the best time for them to come up and experience the terrestrial bite? For years, I kept a terrestrial fishing journal to help me better serve my clients. The journal documented the arrival times of specific terrestrials...
Sunday’s Classic / 2 Alternatives for Attaching Split-Shot
You've been fishing hard all day long searching for that perfect honey hole. You know the one I'm talking about, it's the one that holds that trophy trout that keeps haunting you in your dreams. It's getting late, your tired and you know you should...