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Sights on Silver: 8 tips to improve your success

With the exception of steelhead and rainbow trout, no other fresh water game fish in Alaska attracts more fly fisher attention than do silver salmon. Silvers, or cohos, offer the fly rodder the complete package. They are large - silvers run 10 to 20 pounds with 12-pound fish more the average.

Fall salmon are showing up in some rivers

As they like to say in the beer ads, it doesn't get much better than this. Catching brown trout on No. 16 dry flies in the morning and salmon on Rapalas in the evening is something you can do in few places outside Michigan.

Summit County Weekly Fishing Report

FRISCO - Most residents of the mountains prepare for the impending winter by getting their boards and skis waxed. Fish, well, they simply eat lots of flies tossed their way. "It's getting really good," said Blue River Anglers' Greg Smith of the fishing conditions in the area. "Fish definitely sense that urgency of winter coming on. "Winter is really tough on fish, so they're looking to feed as ...

Braving the midges on those muggy hills

AUGUST is not my favourite month for the hills. The busiest part of the tourist season coincides with the worst of the midges and flies while the lower slopes are deep in long grass, rushes and heather which swarm with ticks.

OUTDOORS: Weekly fishing report, Sept. 9

The fish report is weekly. Its accuracy depends on marinaoperators, tackle shops and local fishermen we contact. Anglerscatching large fish should send the information to Outdoor NewsService, P.O. Box 9007, San Bernardino, CA 92427, or telephone909-887-3444, so it can be included in this report. Faxes can besent to 909-887-8180. E-Mail messages or fishing reports can alsobe posted to Jim ...

Cool weather good for fishing at lakes

River fishing has slowed as water levels have dropped. Rain in the forecast this week could bring more fish into the systems if there's enough rain to raise levels.

Fishing report

NORTHEAST REGION