Trout Magazine

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: The Flying Squirrel Nymph

    I love "mash-up" flies—inventions at the vise that work on trout for no particular reason at all. Just this week, I tried a simple wet fly pattern I "created" at the vise a couple weeks ago for Firehole River trout, and I was rewarded with some of the most aggressive brown trout takes I'd ever…

  • Kenai king salmon management under scrutiny

    An angler boasts an 80-pound Kenai River king. These fish are becoming much more rare thanks a number of factors in the drainage. Wikipedia file photo. Many have heard about declining king salmon stocks throughout Alaska in recent years. The world-renowned Kenai River has also seen a decline in larger stocks, the 6- and 7-year-old…

  • Monument recommendations could set dangerous precedent

    On April 26, Pr esident Trump On Monday, Secretary Zinke released an interim report detailing his finding for Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and making recommendations, the most notable of which is for the boundary to be “revised through the use of the appropriate authority.” In other words, President Trump should cut the size…

  • A Native Odyssey – Apache trout in Arizona

    Editor's Note: Five students from the TU Costa 5 Rivers Outreach Program have embarked on a once-in a-lifetime journey in pursuit of 16 native trout species, all on public lands. With support from the U.S. Forest Service, Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, Fishpond and Post Fly Box, these students will tell the stories of our…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Safe wading techniques

    Wading while fly fishing is one of the more visceral experiences the craft offers. There's something very primal about feeling cold trout water working its way around your legs—I've always felt that is makes me part of the river rather than just a visitor. But wading safely is important, and Orvis' Tom Rosenbauer, in the…