It’s alpine lake season for Idaho anglers! Every summer, we get an opportunity to enjoy these unique and beautiful high-mountain fisheries — typically mid-July through early September is the prime ...

There are enough productive rivers in the United States to last even the most prolific trout bum several fly fishing lifetimes – which is likely why very few trout anglers bother with alpine lakes.

Westslope cutthroat trout — like this colored-up, 15-inch male — are a common find in Idaho’s high-elevation fisheries. Jordan Rodriguez Huffing and puffing, my friend Clayton and I crested the saddle ...

KIRKWOOD – August is known for being one of the tougher summer months to fish in Northern California. Many anglers head for the high-elevation lakes and streams of the Sierra Nevada to target trout or ...

The action was hot. I was casting out a new, super shiny spinner in a high mountain lake and catching trout about every three casts, strikes on every cast. Then disaster struck. I felt a tug, but I ...

Sadly, there's no magic lure that entices trout all the time. What I've found is that the best lure for trout depends on ...

The cutthroat trout surfaced 100 feet below me, in a slick run where the creek worked its way along a steep talus slope. The fish was out of reach, for the moment. I had just broken out of dark timber ...