Swinging streamers by far is one of my favorite ways to fly fish for big trout. The classic bunny leech has caught me more big trout than any other pattern in my fly box. Along the way, I have learned ...

Size Most jerkbaits on the market are 4-5 inches long, and that's what I try to match when choosing a streamer. It's easy to find 4-inch streamer patterns on the market. I prefer not to go any smaller ...

One of Montana's legendary trout flies, the girdle bug, was designed to imitate a large stonefly nymph, or "hellgrammite," as the local anglers on the Big Hole River call the big aquatic insects.

The doldrums of summer aren't quite here, which means the smallmouth bite is still on in most of the U.S. If your part of the country hasn't become too hot, then you can still catch smallmouth ...