Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
An August adventure backpacking into some alpine lakes with my wife to chase Cutthroat and Golden Trout. The mystical Goldens were again full of surprises.
Washington stocks the elusive golden trout in certain remote, hard-to-reach high lakes throughout the Cascades. I set out this weekend to find one.