If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...

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?

September is — to my way of thinking — one of the best fly-fishing months of the year. But then I’m one of those small stream, brook trout junkies who gets his jollies sneaking around autumn-colored ...

Editor's note: This was originally published in 2017. ASHEVILLE - It’s not a large fish, the brook trout, sometimes called a “brookie” or a speckled trout. A respectable catch, one worthy of a ...

Leave the fly rod and grab the muck boots. For an interesting take on brook trout angling, make for the hardwoods instead of the main stream. These quick tips on catching small creek, under the radar ...

One day, my friend Pete Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn look-alikes popped out of the trees. They were carrying fishing rods and something ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mark Grimaldi and Evan Demuth were a bit curious about the conditions as they ambled down the Piney River trail Sunday. They had spent a week fly-fishing in ...

"In some ways," Gierach writes in this breezy, compact volume, "fishing with a good, familiar partner has many of the best attributes of fishing by yourself." For those unschooled in the particular ...

ALL-STAR CAST: Matt Barnes, a guide for Asheville Fly Fishing Co., fishes in the Watauga River. Photo by Emma Johnson “For the native trout,” Chamberlain wrote, “grand as he is, does not take kindly ...

We arrived at the Middle Prong Trailhead to find a dozen cars and a dual-wheel Dodge truck and horse trailer — but not another person in sight. A testament to the sheer size of Great Smoky Mountains ...