It's 5:00PM. I was hoping to get out there for the evening's "rise" at around 7:00. The rise will start 8:30-ish or later. BUT... we've just gotten a rather heavy shower. A real downpour for at least 20 minutes. Question: will this ruin the fishing? Am I wasting my time if I go out there...

Just to keep me breathing, please correct me (gently) if I'm wrong: we only have another week of this fiasco known as "treble hooks and salmon eggs," right? I have gone to great lengths to try and ignore the fact that I'm an angler. I have worked on my honey-do list, run hundreds of rounds...

All, I know that there have been many postings here for guids, and there's even an area just for guides. I've contacted pretty much all of them. Half didn't respond and the other half are already booked... It just so happens that my kids vacation falls during opening week, so everyone is...

It seems as if all of my fishing holes have stocking signs telling me I can't fish there for a few weeks. If I can't go for trout, and i don't have a boat, any suggestions? I was thinking about Merrill Creek, Spruce Run, or Round Valley. Any thoughts? What's running, if anything, this...

It's time to start dreaming of fly fishing excursions but, given the economy, I'm looking to watch my budget. Here are the particulars: I have two children, girls. One's a teen, the other a tween, so we need some diversions for them. Looking for a place that's within a day's drive. Call it...

Are the rivers still blown, or are we thinking that the levels are falling enough to make fishing worthwhile?

OK, all, here's the deal: I've yet to catch a trout. I've caught tons of panfish this past August with dry flies, but have never caught a trout - not even post-stock. I'm hoping to get out onto either the Musky or the Pohat sometime tomorrow, probably afternoon. Depends upon holiday stuff...

Most of us are seeing the new stockies building redds and spawning. Is there any data on how many, if any, of these fish are successful? Do any fry come of this and, if so, do enough live to matter? Do stockies yield new wild trout for us? I've definitely seen fry in Pohat creek these past...

I don't yet have enough messages to reply to the PM I received, but I wanted to say thanks. You know who you are... (Plus, this is one more post towards my 10. It's sort of like being in Scouts again...)

First post from a newbie - hopefully it's good. My wife and I have been fly fishing for about 3 months now. Just about every weekend we'll head out to Merrill Creek and practice with panfish. In 10 or 15 outings we have yet to be skunked. In fact, we've yet to go more than 3 or 4 casts without...