Video: Dave’s Double-Digit Brown Trout

Once a brown trout gets above a foot long, it turns into a voracious predator. And there’s nothing more universal to cast and present to big brown trout than the simplest of trout flies, the Woolly Bugger! In this video, Amelia and I . . .

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Master Class Monday: How to Fish a Spinner Fall, Introduction

Spinner falls present anglers with wonderful opportunities to catch rising trout, but these egg-layer events can also offer plenty of challenges. The flies are tiny, the light is usually love, the presentations can be difficult, and so on. In this great episode of . . .

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Moment of Thrill 03.23.21

Fly fishers describe a hard-fighting fish as being “hot,” and occasionally can take you by surprise with it’s hard runs and crazy jumps. This rainbow trout goes ballistic from the moment it is hooked, requiring the angler to use all . . .

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Podcast: Why did I miss that fish? With Dave Jensen

Swing, hit, and miss–why did you not connect with that fish? Did it just miss your fly? Did you strike too soon? Did you strike too late? Or did the fish refuse your fly even though it looked like a take? Dave Jensen . . .

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