Trout Source

Ballet Practice (Yellowstone)

Trinity Dodges A Bullet (California)
Thanks to late season, March-April rains and snow, the Trinity basin dodged a “critically dry” water year and was allocated a “normal” water year.

Rain Dances Answered (Catskills, CA)
We really needed this wetter weather.

Run-Off Puke (Montana)
The Gibbon puked mud as well.

…and Poo (Montana)
While the Yellowstone river might look like baby poo…the fish still eat.

Hendrickson Wind-Down (Au Sable, MI)
Well if you haven’t trout fished the Au Sable or Manistee River systems yet this year, you’ve missed the bulk of the 2012 Hendrickson hatch. Hope you had a good excuse.

Salmonfly Wind-Up (Deschutes, OR)
We are beginning to see the occasional big bug flying around particularly in the middle of the day which bodes well for the coming weeks.  Stonefly nymphs have been just lighting it up out there and is the number one recommended fly.

Coming Soon (White, AR)
We are now approaching the may fly hatch with lots of the little critters seen in the form most know as Pheasant Tails (PT’S) that will soon emerge into mayflies.

Danger (Yakima, WA)
Unless you are a very experienced oarsman do not attempt this float.  Lots of logs to row between at high speed. 

Good Times (Au Sable, MI)
There's really not a bad day to fish in May.

One Way To Put It (White, AR)
All I can say is the fish are in a good mood.

Folk Wisdom (Au Sable, MI)
Rusty liked to say that there's a big fish beneath every bridge in Michigan.

“Old Dudes Rule” (Truckee, CA)
It’s always great to take a few old timers out fishing. They have usually seen a lot of water, and always have good stories from a lifelong of fishing trips to tell. Sometimes they bring cool rods, like an old Fisher, or Sage LL, with old Hardy’s, or Cimmaron’s attached. They’re patient and courteous, and I always appreciate that, but when they start fishing it’s all business.

Dries vs. Streamers (Au Sable, MI)
In streamer fishing, you create the action. But when casting to a rising fish, you are merely participating in something that would be happening regardless of your presence. In fact, the only way to catch a rising fish is to blend seamlessly into a natural event.

Moonlight Spinnerfall Fishing (Au Sable, MI)
In the moonlight we found a few more fish and caught one: a nice big brown that was eating soggy spinners next to some weeds.

Alien Fly (San Juan, New Mexico)
In the upper river section a cream ufo was the fly. 

Roswell UFO Museum (New Mexico)
“In July 1947, something happened northwest of Roswell, New Mexico, during a severe thunderstorm.  Was it a flying saucer? Was it a weather balloon?”  Was it a midge hatch?