Can you really catch giant cutthroat trout in the desert? Are they truly a native species? And do they really fish with ladders? You’ll find out in my interview with Orvis-endorsed guide Mike Anderson, who guides for the Reno Fly Shop. . . .
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Video: How to Find and Fish Alpine Lakes for Trout
The latest how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, is all about getting away from the crowds by hiking into the mountains to fish high, alpine lakes. He offers valuable tips for how to find lakes that haven’t already been fished by the . . .
Read MorePodcast: The Western Native Trout Challenge, with Daniel Ritz
My guest this week is Daniel Ritz, who ml recently completed the Master Caster level of the Western Native Trout Challenge. We talk about how he did it, what flies worked, and had a lot of discussion about what actually counts as a subspecies of trout. If . . .
Read MoreFish Facts: Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
The iconic species of our oldest national park, the Yellowstone cutthroat draws anglers from around the world.
Photo by USFWS
The names of many legendary fishing spots in Yellowstone National Park—Buffalo Ford, the Lamar Valley, the meadows of Slough Creek—are synonymous with big, native Yellowstone cutthroat . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Fish a Small Stream
Here’s another great how-to video in a new series from Arizona Game and Fish and former Orvis Fishing Manager Cinda Howard, who now runs Fly Fish Arizona and Beyond. In this episode, . . .
Read MoreFishing For Native Trout? Leave Your Goals At Home
In the fall of 2005, I was a college freshman sitting in Dr. Jerome Miller’s Philosophy 101 class at Salisbury University on the eastern shore of Maryland. Miller was enthusiastically challenging his students to . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Deal with Sun and Shade
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 MoreClassic Video: Notes from the Road . . . in the Rockies
This summer, Chase and Aimee Bartee, a.k.a. Tight Loops, loaded up the Westy and headed in that very direction, leaving their home in Massachusetts and visiting some of the best trout waters in . . .
Read MoreFish Facts: Saving the Greenback Cutthroat Trout (Updated!)
Greenback cutthroat trout were saved by accident more than 130 years ago.
Photo by Kevin Rogers – CPW
Although the greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki stomias has been the focus of conservation efforts for more than half a century—starting when the once-lost species was. . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: Taking a Chance in the Colorado High Country
Before you embark on a backpacking trip into an area that does not have a maintained trail and goes through acres and acres of downed trees, you need to be mentally prepared for what you are asking your body to . . .
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