This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards, the Au Sable River also was No. 1 in the the U.S.

Since then, the MT Fly Gals private Facebook group has grown to more than 550 members. They periodically plan fishing trips, camping trips and workshops like Saturday’s fly-tying clinic.

How to Fish This Soft Hackle Fly: Gartside offers three tried-and-true methods for fishing the Sparrow: casting it upstream and dead-drifting it as a weighted nymph, retrieving it as a streamer ...

With 6,000 miles of streams and more than 1,300 lakes and reservoirs in Colorado where anglers can fish for over 35 species of fish, it’s hard to narrow down just a few recommendations of where ...

Dry-fly specific essentials would include a floatant of some type. Keeping your flies on the surface is key to dry-fly fishing success. Loon makes a wide variety of environmentally friendly products ...

Whether you’re a beginner, an enthusiast, or somewhere in between, we have an event for you at the Rangeley Inn on June 6 and 7: the White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival.

There are certain fly fishing tips and tricks you pick up along the way that aren't flashy, but they make things easier, set up smoother, and sometimes lead to more fish. You won't often read ...

The Longest Silence by Thomas McGuane: A Lifetime of Fly Fishing Thomas McGuane is a man of many talents – he’s a three-time Montana cutting horse champion, a member of the Fly Fishing Hall of ...

Tactics vary somewhat depending on approach. Anglers who chuck hopper flies against the bank from a boat can focus on the water along the edge. Trout looking for the haphazard fliers and clumsy bush ...

You can spend $80 to $300 for a pair of chest waders. A half-dozen flies (sold at most fly-fishing stores) can run you $30, and a fly line can cost $60 to $120, depending on the brand.

A.K. Best inspects a dragonfly fishing fly as he sits for a portrait last month at the workbench where he spent 40-plus years tying flies 2024, in Boulder.