Tippets: Winter Dreaming, Safe Travel, Flies for Stillwater Trout

February 8, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • From searching for bull trout to chironomid fishing lakes after ice-off, Greg Thomas offers a guide to “big dreams” to help anglers through the last, often long, stretch of winter. Via Angler’s Tonic.
  • If you’re planning an international fly fishing trip, don’t miss sage advice from Brian Irwin, a family physician and holder of a Certificate of Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine, on how to stay safe and healthy abroad. Via Fly Fisherman.
  • While the West boasts large rivers and smaller freestone streams, it also offers plenty of Stillwater lakes. In this article, Drew Rodden, guide for North Park Anglers in Walden, Colorado, writes about the top flies to fish for trout in stillwaters. Via Orvis.