BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

It’s fall, my favorite time of the year. Why you might ask? If you live in an area that is dependent on tourism, school has started, and they’ve gone home. The air temperature has cooled off. In fact, ...

From a distance, I watched as a bright yellow maple leaf gently disengaged itself from the branch it had been attached to since April because of the aging process and a swift northerly breeze. The ...

We fly-fishers really look forward to the fall, with its cool weather and big trout. But when it arrives, it races by at breakneck speed, or at least that’s how it seems to me. Once the streams begin ...

I kept thinking to myself, what better place to take in the majestic colors of fall than out on a trout stream. The comfortable late-afternoon temperatures, the trees displaying their firetruck red ...

Fall is starting to show itself on the rivers and lakes across the U.S. The water temps are cooling, fish are becoming active, feeding more, and the scenery can be stunning. In my book this is the ...

Although the official first day of autumn is still three weeks away, the Labor Day weekend represents the traditional beginning of fall activities for many folks. Some hunting seasons are, in fact ...

Our local rivers sustain the need for the basics of water and for connecting with the great outdoors. Trout Unlimited is about fishing. It is also about conservation and community. Trout Unlimited ...

I HAD HOPED to go to British Columbia this fall, to throw a fly for steelhead in the Morice River where it winds out of the Telkwa Range near Smithers. I settled for a blue-ribbon trout river in ...

That rain was a nice surprise last weekend. I was heading out for a ride Saturday morning with a buddy as it began to drizzle on the westside of Bend around 9 a.m. We rolled through Shevlin Park and ...

Two Central Oregon businesses earned spots on USA Today’s 2026 10Best Readers’ Choice list of the best fly fishing guides in ...