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Temps for Trout: How to Catch Fish that Behave Hot n Cold

Fish are cold-blooded, so their body temperature reflects that of the water in which they swim.

Hilary Hutcheson

How Trout See (2022 Reboot)

Science shows how trout perceive our flies.

Don Stazicker

Fly Fisherman Throwback: Challenge of the Trout

Challenges–Different waters, different lyrics. A look at four varieties and the demands of

Gary LaFontaine

Discovering a “New” Redband Subspecies

For decades, fly fishers thought Big Wood rainbow trout descended from hatchery stock but they

Matthew L. Miller

Steelhead/Salmon

Confessions of a Guide: Pennsylvania's Steelhead Conundrum

Leveling the playing field in a time of increasing privatized water.

Karl Weixlmann

Kelly Galloup's Fly Fishing for Spring-Run Great Lakes Steelhead

Spring fishing on Great Lakes tributaries can provide more opportunities to catch steelhead

Kelly Galloup

12 Best Steelhead Flies

Urgency and conditions anoint certain flies; how to trigger steelhead to eat.

Matt Straw

What Does This Season's El Niño Mean for Pacific Northwest Steelhead?

Low and warm flows, reduced ocean nutrition, increased competition, and predators that follow

Glenn Zinkus

Surfzone Steelhead: Simply the Best You Can Hope to Catch

Beat the crowds and hook Great Lakes chromers before they reach the rivers.

Karl Weixlmann

Saltwater

Finding Striped Bass In New Hampshire

A blueprint for catching striped bass in New Hampshire's Great Bay Estuary.

David Shirley

Fly Fisherman Throwback: The Challenge of Bonefishing

The bonefish provides an exciting saltwater fly-fishing opportunity because it must be stalked

Mark Sosin

Cheeky Schoolie Tournament: Lucky Number 13

What does it take to throw the world's largest fly-fishing tournament? Here is an inside look

Peter Vandergrift

New Jersey Nirvana: "I Have Never Seen So Many Big Striped Bass in my Life"

Constant hook-ups and pretzeled fly rods were the norm in the fall of 2022. But will it ever

Capt. Jim Freda

Warmwater

Summer Fly-Fishing Tactics for Panfish

When the temperature rises, abandon the trout and seek out sunfish.

Bart Lombardo

Fly Fisherman Throwback: Converting to Smallmouth

If you love rivers and feisty fish, try flies on smallmouth bass.

Larry Dahlberg

Best Smallmouth Bass Flies

Here is a brief list of the Best Smallmouth Bass Flies available today with some insight on

Ben Romans

Dave Whitlock's "Stalking the Golden Ghost"

The lowly carp may be our smartest and most challenging freshwater gamefish.

Dave Whitlock

Fly Fishing Ghetto Bass

Bringing fly rods to gravel pits behind auto dealerships, overflow ponds alongside freeways,

Jay Zimmerman

Fly Fisherman Throwback: Lessons of the Largemouth

Learn the bass's habits and you will understand why it is Number One.

Dave Whitlock

Other Fish Species

Blane Chocklett's Guide to Catching Landlocked Freshwater Stripers

Landlocked striped bass allow you to leave the ocean wind and waves behind.

Blane Chocklett

Rio Dorado: Exploring Argentina's Most Challenging Fishery

A film about the journey into Argentine forests to catch spring-creek golden dorado on huge

Side Channel Productions

Snakebit: How to Fly Fish for Snakeheads

“Fishzilla” got a bad reputation; snakeheads are world-class topwater gamefish. Here's where

Blane Chocklett

The Quest for the Golden Mahseer

Chasing ghosts with flies in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

Oliver White

Fly Fishing for the Once-Lowly Carp

How this "trash fish" went from garbage to the focus of the Golden Bones Tournament.

Patrick Burke

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