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 ...

Big Land is the latest film project from Tight Loops, a fly-fishing media company based out of Massachusetts. This segment from the film showcases some of the perils of an expedition to Canada’s ...

It was to be a 10-day trip with six fishing days. All systems go. Mike and Craig would fish together and Bill and I would be the other team. Each pair had a guide. Bill Waite of Westminster holds a ...

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?

This story, “Giants of God’s River,” appeared in the April 1960 issue of Outdoor Life. I felt like a sardine in a can. My knees were drawn up almost to my chin, and I was hunched forward awkwardly.

My fascination with Labrador started sometime in the late 1990s. Having grown up in the mountains of Colorado, where seemingly every little creek and beaver pond was stacked with non-native brook ...

I am Gene Chague, the former Berkshire Eagle outdoors sports columnist who retired on Dec. 31, 2024, after over 20 years of writing the Berkshire Woods and Waters column. Perhaps you remember me. Did ...

Great Smoky Mountains — Years of hard work by biologists and volunteers in the Great Smoky Mountains could lure even more anglers to the national park in 2018. The park reintroduced and restored ...

Editor's note: This was originally published in 2017. ASHEVILLE - It’s not a large fish, the brook trout, sometimes called a “brookie” or a speckled trout. A respectable catch, one worthy of a ...

There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport otherworldly colors, dwell in only the cleanest bodies of water, and attack dry flies with a ...