Recent time in the high country led me along a small trickle of a stream. Brook trout preparing for spawning season burst through the shallow water, spooked by my surprise presence. I returned later ...

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 ...

Since the autumn of 1992, when I began to learn how to cast a fly, brook trout have been my favorite. A baptismal component to my Rocky Mountain relocation, brookies were willing to participate in the ...

As a young man, I read Hemingway and Steinbeck, Harrison and McGuane. Along the way, the fly-fishing raconteur Richard Brautigan brought tears to my eyes while the rabid environmentalist Edward Abbey ...