More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

One of the marvels of fishing is looking at the different colors and patterns on a trout. It’s fascinating to look at the spots and designs that are unique to each brook, brown or rainbow you catch.

In the fall when Nathan Diesel is stalking big brown trout with a fly rod, he’ll often pass up casting to 6-pounders that he’s spotted because he knows there are bigger fish to be caught. He’s looking ...

BILLINGS – In the fall when Nathan Diesel is stalking big brown trout with a fly rod, he’ll often pass up casting to 6-pounders that he’s spotted because he knows there are bigger fish to be caught.

Brandon Nelson with the biggest of three big brown trout he caught recently on the east branch of the Tioughnioga River. Cortland angler Brandon Nelson, 23, holds up an impressive, nearly 24-inch ...

A question I get asked all the time is What is your favorite fish to fish for, and how? I can't answer that. I love to fish, and other than trolling, I enjoy most all forms of fishing. But I can say ...

For many years now, perhaps decades, I have often dreamed of catching, or at least hooking, a beast of a brown trout. “Beast mode” is variable, and a big fish in one water may be somewhat common in ...