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 ...

Michigan's Au Sable River named best fly fishing river. The 138-mile river is known for its abundance of trout, clean water, and diverse aquatic life. Other Michigan lakes and a lodge were also ...

Michigan's Au Sable River named best fly fishing river. The 138-mile river is known for its abundance of trout, clean water, and diverse aquatic life. Other Michigan lakes and a lodge were also ...

That would be Carrie G. Stevens, originator of the Rangeley Favorite trout and salmon flies. Her fly tying career spanned more than 30 years beginning in the 1920s.

When you think of streamer fishing, salmon and steelhead likely come to mind. The bulk of a trout’s diet is insects, not the larger prey that streamers imitate – but that doesn’t mean a ...

The salmon has his preferences too. At times he feeds selectively on smelt, worms, and insects as well as on such unnourishing fare as spinners, spoons, streamers, dry flies, wet flies, and nymphs. At ...

Salmon egg fly patterns, streamer flies, wooly buggers, egg-sucking leeches, olive-colored Zonker flies, stonefly nymphs, and many other jig-style flies are among popular angler lure offering choices.

Conquer the challenges of Patagonian fly fishing with these practical tips. Learn from my mistakes and successes in the Chilean Patagonia and improve your angling skills wherever you fish.

In May 2014, the “Governor Aiken Bucktail Streamer” became an official state symbol and Vermont the first state to have a fly-fishing fly as a symbol.