Steve Jones, 72, regularly fishes Shaver Lake northeast of Fresno in Central California. He started fishing the lake as a youngster with his father, and he knows it well after all these years. On ...

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 ...

For Australian angler Paul Rahman, fishing all night and casting through the cold is part of the game when hunting for trophy-sized brown trout in New Zealand. At least that’s how Rahman caught his ...

EFFORT, Monroe County — Trout stocking season is in full swing at the Big Brown Trout Hatchery in Effort. The trout seen in the runs are one year old in a few weeks, they'll be delivered to waterways ...

When I was a kid, the only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional bass fisherman. On Saturday mornings while the others were watching cartoons, I would wake up, pour myself a bowl of Lucky ...

We're running the American Smelt crankbaits today, the deep dive model. The crankbaits will dive about 20' as we slow troll about 2-2.5 mph looking for those big brown trout and lakers. As always ...

When the weather and water temps start dropping, most trout anglers break out the tiny flies. Fishing midges deep in the water column is a great way to catch trout in the colder months, but it’s not ...

A trophy brown trout taken on the Delware River with a flying ant pattern. I’ll fess up. Nothing is more blood-pressure raising to me than pinning a big trout on an itty-bitty dry fly. Scoring the ...

LAKEVIEW -- On Thursday, Jarrod Ruggles changed my entire philosophy about fly fishing while treating me to one of my best fishing trips ever. Ruggles is one of the fine young anglers that guides ...

The idea of the “fall feed bag” permeates fishing media. It’s so prevalent that it’s conditioned anglers to think that come autumn, all the fish are gorging themselves in preparation for winter. To ...