Consejos y tutoriales
A flash of orange under the jaw is the first clue. Cutthroat are the original trout across much of the inland West, and they fish a little differently from the rainbows and browns that share their water. Here's how to identify them, where the main types live, what they eat and how we'd fish for them, season by season.
The tailwater looks quiet in November. No rises, no bugs in the air, and trout swaying in the weed beds anyway. They're eating crustaceans, and scuds and sowbugs are on the menu every day of the year. Here's how to tell them apart, where to find them, how to rig and fish them, and the eight patterns we'd carry.
The fly disappears in a swirl, you lift, and there's nothing there. Every angler misses trout, but when it keeps happening there's usually something you can adjust: the drift, the slack between you and the fly, the timing of the set, or the hook itself. Here's how to figure out which one it is and change it on the next cast.
You know it's a good fish before you ever get a clear look at it. It's easy to get cautious with a big trout on, and giving a fish all the room in the world can turn a manageable fight into a long one. How to set up before the fight, let the first run happen, steer with side pressure, use the river, and get the fish in the net and back in the water quickly.
One week the river is low and clear, and the next there's a leaf in every seam and something on the hook after every other drift. The trout haven't stopped eating; the trick is getting a clean fly in front of them. How to read what the leaves are telling you, find a lane you can fish, strip the rig down, tell a leaf from a take, and know when it's time to move.
