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Trout Fishing The Lower Saluda River Tailrace

Trout Waters

Kind of weird -- in a good way.  That's the only way I can describe trout fishing on the Lower Saluda River Tailrace in Columbia, SC.  While I'm used to fishing in the cool, shaded streams of the mountains, Columbia, SC, located in the Piedmont 100 miles from the...

Mayflies Life Cycle

Flies and Insects

My friend Mike at Flytrip.com has sent me an exciting video about the giant mayflies of Europe. These life cycle of these giant mayflies is beautirully documented with amazing camera work. The camera has captured close ups of the entire life cycle of the giant mayflies. You will see...

Fly Fishing with Sulphur Duns

Flies and Insects

We at the Trout University store are introducing a new fly into our Perfect Fly line up and it will be available very soon. It is the Sulphur dun fly pattern. They are very similar to the Eastern Pale Evening Duns. They...

Cinnamon Caddis Part 4 Adult

Flies and Insects

Many anglers fish the adult imitation of the caddisfly during a hatch when they first begin to see the adults around the banks of the stream. That is a mistake. Although these caddis sometimes dip down and skitter across the water after hatching, they don't really lite on the water long enough for the...

Cinnamon Caddis Part 3 Pupa

Flies and Insects

As with most other caddisflies, the main problem you face is determining when the hatch is taking place. When you see adult cinnamon caddis around the stream, flying and in the trees, grass and bushes, you don't necessarily know if they just hatched on hatched a few days earlier. Some...

Cinnamon Caddis Fly Patterns Part 2

Flies and Insects

These caddisflies need plankton to survive and acidic, freestone streams that have little plankton are about the only trout streams that doesn't have them. To make this simple for you, consider this. If you find the rocks in the stream you are fishing are slick, and you have...

Cinnamon Caddis Fly Patterns Now Available

Flies and Insects

There are two basic types of caddisflies that's determined by their larva - cased and non-cased. Cased caddis are easy to identify in their larval stage of life. They live in a case made of wood or small stones or rocks. Non-cased caddis larva is one of two different types....

Patagonia Monster Trout Anybody

Trout Waters

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Planning a Western Trout Fishing Trip

Trout Waters

If you are planning a western trout fishing trip this year to Western Montana or Northwestern Wyoming, you are on the right track. The water that feeds the Northwest Rockies comes mainly from snowpacks and the snowpacks are near normal this year. The...

Fly Fishing Upper Catawba River

Trout Waters

Once again, I was able to take my two year old son trout fishing last Saturday.  The challenge, then, becomes finding a stream that's accessible, full of hungry fish, and not overrun with fishermen.  In this case, I chose the Upper Catawba River near...