While some states still have formal trout openers, most allow year-round fishing so anglers can get out there even during the depths of winter. Although trout need cold water to survive, when water ...

Fly fishing is a year-round pursuit. Even during the coldest months of the year you can find actively feeding fish, and you don’t have to race to the water hours before sunrise for the best action.

It’s the middle of December, and winter has just reached us in the South – bringing with it the age-old fly angler’s dilemma: I want to fish, but it’s cold as hell. “Cold as hell” is relative, of ...