Trout

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.

Although to some it may be hard to comprehend how anyone could want to fish with 2-plus feet of snow in the woods, anglers boldly found their way to the riv

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."

Centre County, Pennsylvania's Spring Creek ran low and clear when my friend Art and I crossed it last Saturday. The public access area at the Benner Springs hatchery had a few vehicles.

With a somewhat depressing finality I finished my last entry in the journal and closed the book — both literally and figuratively — on another grouse season.

Deer season is over is here in Missouri. Waterfowl hunting continues, as does small game hunting. However, if you still have a fishing itch, break out your gear. Missouri offers some spectacular winter time trout fishing.

Like most fly anglers, I don't take a lot of trout home. But every now and then, a special circumstance induces me to kill a fish or two for the fry pan. Typically, this happens at the start and end of the season.

The leaves aren't the only thing that change colors in fall. Native brook trout, as their fall spawning time nears, take on a brilliance that matches that of any leafy transition.

The one good thing about your favorite river or stream becoming overgrown is that this lush canopy provides excellent cover for hungry trout.