If you're going to build a fly fishing library, start with these 5 books.

I typically fish with smaller flies in the winter, and 99 percent of winter fly fishing is nymph fishing. At any time of the year, midges comprise more than 50 percent of a trout’s diet.

Make room in your fly box for a few mouse flies. Once you experience the thrill of catching a big trout on a "Mouse," you'll understand the obsession. Here are my two favorite patterns to get you ...

Minnesota is a great place to live if you are a fishing fool. There are thousands of fishing lakes, a Great Lake, and streams all across the state teeming with panfish, bass, walleye, pike and ...

If sitting around and staring at a hole in the ice doesn’t fit with your idea of fishing, take heart – there’s an open-water alternative even in the coldest part of the year.

If it played out like it does in books and magazines, we would walk up to the creek or river, have a look at the water, sit back, and watch a few trout ... method of fishing a dry fly.

Fly fishermen have an upper hand on spring creeks because they’re better equipped to match the tiny, specific prey items found in these waters. The White River in Arkansas is a an excellent tailwater ...

I make it a practice to always carry a few mouse patterns in my fly box when fishing for trout. You don’t need an entire box dedicated to mouse flies, but keep a couple ready—you might just ...