One of the most common questions I get on the podcast is about casting big flies. People think they are doing something wrong when casting huge streamers because they can’t get the . . .
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Tom Rosenbauer
Master Class Monday: How to Fish Riffles for Trout
Trout are often found in shallow riffles. When they are in this kind of water, they are often easy to catch, but most fly fishers ignore these hot spots because they look too shallow. Trout move . . .
Read MoreTom Rosenbauer on How to Fish Streamers for Trout
This fat rainbow fell for a Bunny Streamer fished with a fast retrieve on Colorado’s Yampa River.
Photo by Jay Nichols
Streamers can be fished just like nymphs and wet flies—across-stream, upstream, and downstream. Streamers will take fish all of these ways, even dead-drifted directly . . .
Read MoreTom Rosenbauer’s 11 Tips for Hot Feeder-Stream Fishing
Don’t ignore the small feeder streams that empty into better-known waters.
Photo by Buzz Cox
A few summers ago, I spent two days at Orvis-endorsed Madison Valley Ranch in Ennis, Montana. Manager Chris Eaton took me on a great short float through the Channels section of the lower Madison and showed me just how much I have to learn about fly fishing this river, even after fishing it for 25 years. I think I caught one fish for every ten he. . .
Read MoreTom’s Secret Tips for Fishing Terrestrial Flies
If you think terrestrial imitations are only for summer fishing, you’re missing a great deal of dry-fly action. The normal thought is that trout ignore land-bred insects in the spring and early. . .
Read MoreTom Rosenbauer’s Top Tips for Finding Your Own Small Trout Stream
Discovering a new stream is exciting, whether it pans out or not.
Photo by Phil Monahan
We trout fly fishers yearn for a stream of our own, a place visited by only a few other fly fishers each season, where the tight feeling in your chest when you round the bend to check if. . .
Read MoreClassic Pro Tips: How to Fish Small Dry Flies in Low Light
Most people have enough trouble fishing small dry flies without the added complication of gathering darkness. But trout often feed on small flies at dusk, and if you don’t have any tricks up your . . .
Read MoreTom’s Top 7 Early-Season Streamers
This springtime rainbow was holding in deep water below a highway bridge in western Massachusetts.
Photo by Joe Phillips
In Tuesday’s post, “How to Fish Streamers in the Early Season,” I explained that I prefer flies that have some movement of their own, like ones with marabou and rabbit fur, because they work . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Fish for Trout Near Sweepers
Most people think that trout feed behind sunken logs or willows that just out from the bank, but smart fly anglers know a better place. Dave and Amelia Jensen show you how to read the water . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Cast to Rising Trout
In this week’s Master Class, Dave and Amelia Jensen show us how to cast to a rising trout without spooking it. You need to place your dry fly in a trout’s feeding window, but it’s also important to . . .
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