Destinations - Fly Fisherman

Steelhead Alley Fall Forecast

August 19, 2011 • 124 comments

Over the last few years steelhead runs have been down in the world famous “steelhead alley” region of Lake Erie…»

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Yellowstone River

July 28, 2011 • 506 comments

Epic hatches of Montana’s Paradise Valley I don’t remember the first time I fished the Yellowstone River, but…»

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Whitetop Laurel Creek

July 28, 2011 • 411 comments

Bikers, through-hikers, and wild trout in southwestern Virginia and Tennessee Virginia’s Whitetop Laurel Creek ranks as one of…»

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Take Me Home, West Virginia

July 27, 2011 • 54 comments

A five-stop ticket through the Mountain State’s best trout streams I live on the outskirts of the nation’s…»

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The Winds

July 27, 2011 • 550 comments

Golden riches in Wyoming’s high-country heaven Wyoming, the Cowboy State, isn’t as dry as it looks, and its…»

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Abode of the Blessed

July 27, 2011 • 469 comments

Flying high in the trout-rich Bristol Bay region Roads, pipelines, and open-pit gold mines have not ruined the best fishing…»

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The Truckee is a wild trout river for most of its length, with ample public water and angler access points both above and below the town of Truckee.

California’s Truckee River

July 26, 2011 • 637 comments

A metaphor for moving waters and all things trout Several years back, while I was still a fly-fishing…»

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The Zoar Valley gorge offers seclusion on one of the most heavily fished streams in New York State. Jack Hanrahan photo

Lake Erie’s Best?

July 26, 2011 • 425 comments

Already the epicenter of Lake Erie steelheading, New York’s Cattaraugus Creek may see miles of improvement. Of all…»

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Legendary Deschutes River steelhead stay deep during the day but chase surface flies in the low light of early morning and evening. By mid-August, the river holds plenty of fish, with more arriving as the season progresses through the fall. Jim Klug photo

Deschutes Gunmetal

July 25, 2011 • 448 comments

Chasing steel in the heart of Oregon’s redband country The Deschutes is an iconic steelhead river. It drains…»

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Brown trout are most active in the low light of early morning and late evening, and these are the magic hours on the fabled waters of the Rio Grande in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. R. Valentine Atkinson photo

Tierra del Fuego Revisited

July 25, 2011 • 481 comments

Beneath the wind and whitecaps: A game plan for sea-run success I am haunted by rivers, too. And…»

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Yosemite is a breathtaking—and busy—national park. Take a break from the bustle of the valley by fishing for wild browns and rainbows in Tuolumne Meadows. Kenny Clarke photo

Tuolumne Meadows

July 25, 2011 • 628 comments

Fly fishing the forks of the Tuolumne River in Yosemite’s high country Almost four million people visit California’s…»

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The Fort Constitution Historic Site at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor is a small part of New Hampshire’s varied and productive coastline. Joe Klementovich photo

Granite State Stripers

July 25, 2011 • 572 comments

A blueprint for catching striped bass in New Hampshire’s Great Bay Estuary Saying that the 18 miles of…»

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Lenice Lake

July 22, 2011 • 513 comments

Chasing big-shouldered trout in central Washington’s desert scablands My casts to the cattails below the rocky cliff were…»

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With plentiful public access and good fishing for brook, brown, and rainbow trout,the West Branch Ausable is one of the Adirondack’s premier rivers. Frank Houck photo

Adirondack Park

July 22, 2011 • 522 comments

Millions of untapped acres at your fly-fishing fingertips Adirondack Park encompasses a colossal expanse, one that easily swallows…»

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Klamath Redsides

July 21, 2011 • 548 comments

Fishing for powerful native rainbows in Oregon’s upper Klamath River Southern Oregon is a big-bodied landscape. The Pacific…»

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Big Spring Creek is a spring-fed fly fisher’s dream that oxbows through beautiful trout country near Lewistown, Montana. It has plenty of public access and a long history of exceptional trout fishing. Jim McLennan photo

50 Years at Big Spring

July 21, 2011 • 46 comments

Ruminations on fishing legends and legendary fishing Montana has several famous spring creeks, but my favorite is one…»

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The Little Red River supports a thriving population of wild brown trout thanks to the efforts of the Mid-South Fly Fishers who stocked the species in the 1970s. Jason Baird photo

Live Big on the Little Red

July 21, 2011 • 45 comments

Year-round Arkansas trout fishing The Little Red River titillated the angling world in 1992 when it coughed up…»

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No other walk-and-wade river in California or Nevada yields trout over 20 inches more consistently than the East Walker. John Sherman photo

Desert trout

July 21, 2011 • 643 comments

While fishing the East Walker River at dusk several seasons ago, I dropped my streamer in a spot notorious…»

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Spring ice-out triggers the movement of Arctic char from their freshwater wintering holes into the brackish Payne River fjord, where they gorge during the brief Arctic summer. Geoff Mueller Photo

Char in the Midnight Sun

July 20, 2011 • 41 comments

The best rivers for North America’s most remote gamefish Barren tundra, waves of meandering caribou, icy tempests, and…»

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Lonesome Lands

July 20, 2011 • 676 comments

Do it Yourself in Alaska’s Brooks Range While some anglers prefer lodge accommodations while they pursue Arctic char,…»

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