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Spring is fleeting. As anglers, we anxiously await for spring to arrive so that we can break cabin fever, get on the water, and get our first shot at rising trout after a long winter. And regardless of whether you get out regularly, or just a few days during the start of the spring season, it comes … Read more about “In between” Hatches

Before I was a fly fisherman I was a spin fishermen. I think that’s the story for most. Very few start with the fly rod, and I’m glad I didn’t. I caught my first trout when I was 5 years old according to my dad on a ball of power bait on a local stocked water known as Hockockson Brook. It is hardly … Read more about Find Your Style

Its that time of year when cabin fever transitions to early spring fever, and while there is much more hope in the air while suffering from early spring fever, the reality is the conditions are not that much different. Depending on where you fish, there may be a real window of opportunity as a trout … Read more about Logistics Matter

Hello and Goodbye: The Joyful Reality of a 4 Season Angler From when I began fishing to now, I always kept a fishing journal. Initially, I did it because my dad always insisted saying that one day we would look back and appreciate it. After a year or two of documenting almost every fishing outing … Read more about Hello and Goodbye: The Joyful Reality of a 4 Season Angler

In a previous post, I referenced the well-known “cycle” an angler goes through in his angling life. That cycle began with the focus being catching a fish and ended with not caring anymore and simply enjoying being out there. Recently, another that stage came to mind, a different stage that I earlier … Read more about Pass It On

My entry to this sport was through trout fishing. It was the classic fish to pursue on a fly-rod, and as much as I hate to say it, I was likely a product of the boom of fisherman that followed “A River Run’s Through it” as the movie came out when I was 5 years old, and definitely inspired my dad to … Read more about Seek and You Shall Find

In an era where information is readily available on everything, including this sport, it’s a natural thing to turn to the web as a primary source for information when researching a body of water that you intend on fishing. You google the River’s name, look for stretches of river people have written … Read more about Fishing Instincts

For each fish, there is a Mecca. The place that is considered the best in the world for that particular species that each angler hopes they are able to visit at least once In their life. For trout, that place is New Zealand. The reason for this is quite simple-the trout and particularly the brown … Read more about The War on Trout