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?

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 ...

Brook trout, or brookies as they are commonly referred to, are synonymous with the Northeast and small mountain streams. While technically a char, the species is almost always grouped together with ...

As the Potomac Headwaters Home Rivers Initiative coordinator for the conservation group Trout Unlimited (TU), one of Dustin Wichterman’s many jobs is to identify cold water creeks in the area that are ...

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 ...

Looking at the stretch of Michigan’s Jordan River I was wading, it was tough to believe it was teeming with wild brook trout. The shallow, ultraclear flow wasn’t very wide. It was fully lit by the ...

"Looking at the stretch of Michigan’s Jordan River I was wading, it was tough to believe it was teeming with wild brook trout. The shallow, ultraclear flow wasn’t very wide. It was fully lit by the ...

Growing up in New England, I was a generalist predator, at least when it came to fishing. Bluegills, sunfish, bullheads, bass, it didn’t matter. I pursued all with equal enthusiasm. Still, in my mind ...

It was my last day fishing with the “Michigan guys.” I first met them when Joe Sprys invited me to speak and tie flies at the Michigan Fly Fishing Club’s annual banquet. That’s when I learned that a ...

GAYLORD, Mich. – The Black River slipped through a pool in a grassy meadow, then narrowed and tumbled through an alder thicket. The low tree limbs obscured all but a 4-foot-wide corridor over the ...