Trout

Trout fishing in the lakes and streams of the Missouri Ozarks is a year round affair.

When many people think of fishing for lake trout, they think of the gear needed, including

Of all the different freshwater game fish available to anglers, one of the favorite target species for fly anglers would have to be the steelhead trout. The steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a very important member of the migratory species found from the East to West Coast and the Great Lakes.

Brown trout tend to grow bigger, live longer, and tolerate a wider range of habitat types than their cousins the brook trout or rainbow trout.

Trout fishing at one of Missouri's four trout parks is a great way to spend a hot summer day. The cool waters of the spring branches will keep even the most heat weary trout angler plenty cool.

While matching the hatch, choosing casts and deciding where to fly fish are all crucial factors in order to land the Big One, water levels have just as big of an impact.

Long bank sections of the mountain stream where heavily lined with piles of ice, the frozen reminders of a severe winter.

"Insane. I would never do that."