fly-fishing for brown trout Archives - Page 36 of 41

Photos and Essay: Spain’s La Rioja on the Fly

March 17, 2015

The mountains of La Rioja are beautiful and riddled with trout streams full of small, wild trout.
Photos by Sandy Hays

The water was almost over the top of my chest waders, and I struggled to make a delicate presentation to one of the three large trout rising under an overhanging tree limb fifty. . .

Classic Fish Story: The Third-Try Brown Trout

March 13, 2015

Written by: Dan from Albuquerque

Persistence paid off for Dan, as he was able to tempt this beauty three separate times during a single day.
Photo by Dan from Albuquerque

Northern New Mexico went into a winter storm warning last weekend, but it didn’t officially start until noon on Saturday so I figured I could get some fishing in before the weather hit. I decided. . .

Video: Tasmanian Titan

March 11, 2015

Québécois angler Alexis Pageau traveled halfway around the world to Tasmania to find huge brown trout. It took him several weeks of research and testing, but he finally found his quarry in. . .

Photo of the Day: Why You Fish Streamers on the Madison

March 11, 2015

Written by: Brian McGeehan, Montana Angler Fly Fishing

More proof of the “big fly, big fish” rule found on the Madison.
Photo courtesy Bill Buchbauer

One of our Montana Angler guides, Bill Buchbauer, landed this huge, early-spring Montana brown on Monday while stripping streamers in the Madison River. This is why people travel to. . .

Video: Birthday Browns, Part II

March 09, 2015

This is a horribly misnamed video, as there are more rainbows than browns on display, but it still offers a great look at a fun day on North Carolina’s Davidson River. (Actually, it’s a. . .

Video: Whisky on the Rocks for Big Browns

February 25, 2015

Here’s a gorgeous video from the folks at Bearnishfly, a French angling collective, featuring incredible shots of feeding brown trout and stunning landscape. When I watch these videos,. . .

Video: Wintertime Daydreaming with Fiberglass

February 24, 2015

When the snow is piled more than a meter and a half high outside your window, what better way to make yourself feel better than to re-edit fly-fishing footage left over from last summer, as the. . .

Video: Fly-Fishing Utah’s Green River

February 18, 2015

I have only fished the Green River through Flaming Gorge a couple of times, but it was amazing on both occasions. Here’s a super cool video shot during prime dry-fly season, and it’s pretty. . .

Video: Unplugged Conversation and One Sweet Brown

February 17, 2015

By now, Dave and Amelia Jensen, of Jensen Fly Fishing, should need no introduction. We’ve featured dozens of their photos and videos over the years, especially the stuff shot during. . .

Photos: The Madison Channels in February?

February 11, 2015

Brady with a beautiful Madison rainbow. Would you ever guess that this photo was taken in February?
Photos courtesy Firehole Ranch

Josh Duchateau and Brady Hughes, Firehole Ranch guides, have been taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather here in Montana to spend even more time on the water. Josh says, “This has to be the warmest winter I have experienced anywhere in my life. Pray for. . .