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 ...

I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however, times when fishing dry flies simply ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

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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 preparation for a sacred day in the lives of many Northern Michigan outdoors people — that being opening day of trout season on April 28 — I asked several local fly fishing fanatics what six flies ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay prove that presentation is everything as they utilize microscopic fly patterns to harvest a limit of beautiful rainbow trout.