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Video spotlight: How to drift a soft hackle
Soft-hackle fishing can be absolutely deadly, particularly for trout that are feeding higher in the water column, but not quite on top. These are the fish that are after emerging bugs, and soft-hackle flies very often draw strikes from these dialed-in fish. Video of How To Drift A Soft Hackle - Fly Fishing Video -…
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Fly tying: The GFA Hopper
For me and other dry-fly enthusiasts (and that's putting it mildly, at least in my opinion), this month is the month. It's "hopper time." Here in Idaho, our backcountry streams are in great shape–runoff is well past done, night-time temperatures are a bit chilly, whcih serves to keep our high-country streams cold. The warm summer…
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Dunoir Fishing Adventures – In the Heart of Wyoming
Dunoir – from the French “du noir," literally “of black.” The footprints of the French trappers faded long ago from the upper Wind River country in Wyoming. But the place names live on in the black timbered ridges of the Great Divide. You cross the Wind River above Dubois at the mouth of the Dunoir.…
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Voices from the River: Extreme behavior
The iconic Sundial Bridge, spanning the Lower Sacramento River in downtown Redding, California before and during the Carr Fire. By Sam Davidson California is burning. There are 17 wildfires charring the Golden State, at present. The biggest and gnarliest (of 2018, anyway) is the Carr Fire, which has torched more than 100,000 acres, mostly of…
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TU in Action: High stream temps in Colorado, Vermont; pipeline concerns; California water, and more
Photo by Breckenridge Outfitters For the first time in at least two decades, two high-country trout streams in Colorado are closed to fishing, albeit voluntarily. Stretches of the Fraser and upper Colorado Rivers are closed between 2 p.m. and midnight to give trout dealing with extremely warm water temperatures — tributary streams emptying into the…
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Voices from the River: Penns Creek gets even better
Great scenery, prolific hatches and beautiful wild brown trout combine to make Penns Creek one of Pennsylvania's most iconic trout streams. (Rob Shane photo.) By Rob Shane Penns Creek in central Pennsylvania has something for every type of angler. The bug life is outstanding, producing what might be the most prolific green drake hatch in…
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Video spotlight: How to spot rising trout
At first blush, the idea of spotting rising trout seems pretty simple. But think about it for a minute—how many times, during low light, have you struggled to see exactly where rising trout are working, simply because you don't have the right background to help you differentiate between water m ovement and honest-to-God risers, sippers…
