First-time fly-tyers wanting to learn the basics? Waynesville Parks & Rec and Cataloochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited are partnering to bring you three evening classes in February.

Wading along the Mad River. (Trout Unlimited Mad River Chapter photo) The week has been a little unusual. While it’s now well into the upland game season, the summer-like temperatures seemed far too ...

Jonathon Litefoot and his friends combined to catch 15 rainbow trout at Eagle Nest Lake using Garlic PowerBait and worms on Sept. 25. Thomas E. Chrobocinski caught, photographed and released 40 trout ...

A pair of rainbow trout are ready for the walk out of Glovers Creek. (John Lawrence Hanson/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be ...

Irresistible Adams — There are a multitude of Adams-style dry flies, and the Irresistible is the answer during rising river levels. The tightly packed and trimmed deer hair body gives this fly the ...

March 8, 2025 Buck As you know, my buddy Tom and I went into the backcountry recently to camp and try to catch some brook trout through the ice. Over the years we’ve had good luck with bead head ...

If there’s anything more rewarding than catching a fish on a fly tied with your own two hands, it is doing so with fly tying material salvaged from game animals you’ve harvested afield. In ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Steelhead trout have been heading up the Northeast Ohio tributaries of Lake Erie in recent days, thanks to some rain and snow, and that will help to kick off good steelhead trout ...

Swinging bridge trail winds down to the south branch of Mehoopany Creek on the eastern edge of Dutch Mountain in State Game Lands 57. The two-wheeled grassy track rolls downhill under tall spruce and ...

Swinging bridge trail winds down to the south branch of Mehoopany Creek on the eastern edge of Dutch Mountain in State Game Lands 57. The two-wheeled grassy track rolls downhill under tall spruce and ...

With almost 3 000 kilometres of coastline and an abundance of rivers, streams, lakes and dams, fly-fishers are spoilt for choice. Here are some of our favourite spots to try. Affectionately known as ...