Grasshoppers, crickets, ants, beetles, bees, dragonflies, cicadas“¦ There’s a whole mess bugs classified as terrestrials. No matter the insect, when a breeze blows any of these land-based trout snacks ...

Every time I fish a brook trout stream, I’m reminded why I have such a soft spot for them. I’m a sucker for dry fly eats, and a brook trout hits a dry fly like no other. The best thing about them?

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If you’ve prowled any fly shops recently, you’ve noticed a growing number of bins holding terrestrial patterns. It’s like they are reproducing and mutating, morphing into strange and garish ...

This is dry fly fishing at its best. Terrestrials are land insects - grasshoppers, beetles, crane flies etc. Many of these insect imitations must simply have in his fly box, and Morten Oeland shows ...

I’ll never forget the first time I fished with legendary flyfisherman Ernie Schwiebert. It was on a hot, bright midsummer day on Columbia County’s Fishing Creek more than 20 years ago. I watched in ...