Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

DULUTH — "I’m a professional stay-at-home dad with a YouTube channel," Gunnar Brammer said when asked to describe his job. "I guess I’m a professional fly tier, too, since I teach fly-tying classes ...

Streamers are particularly effective in high, stained water and in low light conditions. When visibility drops, a trout relies heavily on its lateral line system to find food. Streamers create ...

There are thousands of individual fly patterns designed just for catching trout and thousands more created to catch different species of fish. All of these different types, sizes, colors and styles of ...

Leaves tumbling in the river’s current provoke thoughts of kype-jawed brown trout hiding beneath cut banks. A caddis dry fly will not provoke brute browns into showing their face. Autumn demands ...

When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a brown trout in a cedar tree. Translation: my wife signed off on a pre-Christmas streamer trip. I love winter fly fishing for trout. It’s ...

A few days ago, the trout were rising to midges. I could go into the details of which river, water temperature, weather, and everything else that goes into a day of fly fishing, but for now it’s ...