Trout Magazine

  • Gear Test: Hank Patterson reviews the Orvis rainjacket

    The new Orvis Ultralight Wading Jacket is the company's latest offering for inclement weather fly fishing. Video of Hank Patterson's Awesome Ultralight Wading Jacket ReviewHowever, as our good friend Hank Patterson points out, the weather really has be inclement in order to adequately test the product. So, for now, all we can really say about…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Fishing streamers from the bank

    Streamer fishing is a vital "discipline" within the trout-fishing world, and doing it well takes some practice. What's more, doing it well from the bank, especially for anglers who normally cast their meat-whistles from the confines of a drift boat, takes some patience. Video of 10 How To Fish a Streamer From the BankAbove, RIO's…

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: Play the Banjo

    Editor's note: The following is exerpted from TU's book, "Trout Tips," which is available online for overnight delivery. Ever get gunk and weeds on your tippet or leader? Of course. We all do. But rather than using your fingers to try to pick the mess of your fly, weight or knots connect the leader to…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: The Double Haul

    Years ago, just prior to going to the Bahamas for my first-ever flats trip, I must have watched the video below a hundred times. I was told by the folks I was fishing with that "You need to know how to double haul" if you're going to chase bonefish on the flats. Man, were they…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Pheasant tail legs

    For the longest time, pheasant tail legs on my nymphs were a mystery to me. I couldn't, for the life of me, see how on earth tiers made them work. I always ended up with a clogged hook eye or something that was completely off kilter. Video of Pheasant Tail LegsThen a few years ago…