CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jerry Darkes is a noted local fly fishing master, an expert fly tier and author, and travels the Great Lakes for trout, resulting in his recent book, the colorful “Essential Flies ...

Located in the middle of our river valley is the town of Avon. In the center of the town is Nottingham Lake, a manicured stillwater for anglers in need of a quick casting escape, high water ...

Great Lakes steelhead are adfluvial fish, meaning they migrate from big lakes into rivers to spawn. This annual migration starts in the fall and ends in the spring when they return to the lakes to ...

Many anglers believe that using a fly rod offers a practical advantage while fishing trout streams and lakes. It’s true that trout will often take a fly while the lure slingers and bait soakers can’t ...

For every single fish that rises to a dry fly, there presumably are more feeding underwater. On any day absent a phenomenal hatch, anglers can increase their catch rates by probing the water’s depths ...

An Erie steelhead fly fishing guide wants to expand the horizons of those who seek these migrating fish each fall and winter. Karl Weixlmann, 62, has been guiding anglers for 28 years on various ...

Trout fishing is all about rivers and streams. There are enough productive rivers in the United States to last even the most prolific trout bum several fly fishing lifetimes – which is likely why very ...

IT’S MORNING at Kooyooe Pa’a Panunadu, or Pyramid Lake, in Nevada, and I’m fly fishing for the biggest cutthroat trout in the world. It’s my first time at the lake, and I’m here with Autumn Harry, the ...