When you get down to the micro level in a trout stream, objects in the water also help you pinpoint where trout feed. The most obvious items are rocks on the streambed, and usually it is not a . . .
Read More
I would predict that less than half of any river holds trout that are more than six inches long. Water in which trout will respond to insect hatches comprises perhaps a quarter of all fish-holding water . . .
Read More
Fishing streamers is not always about casting large flies in deep water and heavy cover with a sinking fly line. Sometimes streamer flies are effective in shallow riffles and edges, especially . . .
Read MoreIn this week’s Master Class Monday Dave and Amelia Jensen, begin a series of videos on accuracy in fly fishing. It’s always a game of inches. . .
Read MoreDepending on where you live, fly-fishing for trout in August can be tough because water temperatures are usually at their highest points of the year. But there usually are places to find trout willing to eat a fly: . . .
Read MoreThis week I am delighted to have biologist John McMillan back as my guest. John gives us a detailed view on the affect of water temperature on a trout’s metabolism, particularly at the upper end of their safe range. . . .
Read More
Drag on a dry fly or nymph can be insidious, causing you to get more refusals, misses, and bad hook sets. Sometimes, this drag is barely visible to the fly fisher, either on a floating dry fly or on an indicator when nymph fishing. But it can be enough to . . .
Read More
We sometimes don’t pay enough attention to sunlight and shade when fly fishing for trout. But as Dave Jensen shows–using an example of a large cutthroat trout rising in a mountain river–your approach must take these conditions into account. This . . .
Read More
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 More
