Many spin fishermen hunt for trout in smaller, wade-friendly streams and rivers. These waters are usually pretty easy to dissect, meaning you’re targeting specific runs, holes, and pockets within them ...

Fishing an alpine stream in northwestern Colorado. / Photo by Jasper Taback As the summer months approach, dreams of small stream trout fishing resurface. In most parts of the country, alpine streams ...

If you’re looking for giant fish or huge numbers of fish, small stream trout fishing probably isn’t for you. Small streams require technical fishing, patience, and the willingness to get excited about ...

For me, small stream trout fishing is synonymous with dry fly fishing. You could fish a nymph rig or tie on a dropper, but why would you? If you’re fishing right after it’s rained and the water is ...

Tom Rosenbauer reached down to his laptop, and a picture of a tiny cascade of water splashing down stones appeared on the projector screen. “Would you stop and fish a stream that small?” he asked the ...

Under the heading, "More here than meets the eye," we offer the example of fishing a small stream. Small, in this case, means anything too small to float and with only the occasional hole more than ...

Stream fishing often requires a higher degree of casting accuracy than many other types of fishing, whether using a fly rod, ...