Kubie Brown

Spring is a time of rebirth. It’s a season when those first rays of sunlight start shining through winter’s gray clouds calling all the tender new spring grasses and flowers to push their way up through the dirt to add a little color to the landscape. Baby animals are being born, birds are returning from their southern sojourns, and no doubt somewhere...

Winter is a tough season for fly anglers. The rivers are frozen up and the banks are choked with snow, locking anglers in their homes like chained dogs—waiting to be unleashed. Once the first rays of spring sunshine break through the gray, many anglers will practically sprint to the nearest river. Frantically tying on their favorite patterns and splashing...

For many fly anglers, winter is a time to tie flies, watch fishing videos, and prep gear while they wait for spring to arrive. They sit curled up on the couch and look gloomily out the window like a dog waiting for their owner to come home while the seemingly endless white cold of winter scratches and claws at the walls trying to get in. Even when they...

Good things really do come in small packages. Whether we’re talking about microbrews, angry chihuahuas, or even that little dude from Game of Thrones, it’s been proven time and time again that things don’t actually have to be big to make a big impression. This is especially true in the world of fly fishing where some anglers can become completely...

Cold weather sends trout into hiding. Like rabbits scurrying into thick cover when a hawk passes overhead, trout will flee before a sweeping a cold front and head into the deepest darkest water they can find. During these times, the fish become extremely sluggish, hugging the bottom and only feeding on prey that drifts right by their noses. Most trout...

Late fall brings with it a tidal wave of activity. The upcoming holidays sends people out in a mad rush of shopping, decorating, and preparing food. The kids are out of school, the relatives are on their way, and if you aren’t careful, you can be swept away in in a hurried frenzy of unbridled chaos. Yet if you’re a fly angler, there is another autumn...

There’s no such thing as one tool for the job. Even the most basic toolbox will have a hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, wrenches, and a decent set of pliers. The idea of trying to frame a house with just a hammer or rebuild a carburetor with just a screwdriver seems ludicrous to most people. Yet so many of these same folks will go out and chase trout...

As the first cold nights of autumn leave their first frosty kisses on the grass and leaves begin to change from green to fluorescent oranges, reds, and yellows, we trout anglers begin to get excited. Cooling water temperatures bring new life to the river. Trout become more active as they feed heavily preparing for winter or, depending on the species, as...

Everyone is a little afraid of the dark. Whether you needed a nightlight as a kid or just get nervous walking down a dark alley, there’s something unnerving about the night. It’s an inherited fear, left behind from when our ancestors lived in caves and built their fires high for protection from the things that lurked beyond the flickering flames. Now...

If you ordered a hotdog in a restaurant and the waiter brought you a giant T-bone steak, would you send it back? Hell no. You’d inhale that thing faster than a starving Labrador eats his kibble before someone comes to take it away. At least I would. That’s exactly how trout feel about hoppers. The large terrestrial insects are such a hardy meal for...