Fly Fishing in the US

Fishing the Stocked Lakes and Streams of the Pacific Northwest

November 7, 2012
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North America is the land of lakes Just a quick glance at the map will clearly illustrate this fact. A ring three to five hundred miles deep around the Hudson Bay must contain a million lakes. Some of these spill over into the US, offering opportunity in Wisconsin and Minnesota for absolutely outrageous fishing just about anywhere, and for anything, you can imagine. The streams and rivers of the Pacific Northwest are salmon waters, and in season the game fishing, for every variety of salmon, but also perhaps the most sought after fish in the region, the steelhead , is also unbelievable. This is the fly fisherman’s mecca. Grand central for devotees of the fly. And if the wild fish [...]

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