As a long-time consumer of fly-fishing literature, there are a handful of pieces that have stuck with me over the years. These are stories that are a pleasure to read at least once a year, often coinciding with a particular time of year. One such piece was written by the late Craig Woods. I was first introduced to Craig via a story in Trout  magazine about the Battenkill. It was this article, along with one by Nick Lyons that convinced me that I had to fish the 'kill. Woods w

Tricos feed more than just fish and birds. Spiders also fill their caloric needs by catching wayward bugs. In my youth I worked at a...

When the water is in the trees there won't be any fishing opportunities. It becomes a waiting game. The Hendrickson hatch is a bit like...

Flies are ready for purchase - and to catch trout Back when I started Battenkillfishingbook.com , I mentioned that I would be starting a...

A flotilla of duns making their way placidly down river on a sparkling spring afternoon. My friend Jack texted me the other day with a...

A couple weeks back I ran across a podcast by a fellow named Ben, who posts under the appellation of "The Huge Fly Fisherman". I'm sure...

The incidents below took place over several years, culminating with the landing of my best ever trout on the Batten Kill in the spring of...

A couple weeks ago, my wife Deanna and I were poking around the river on yet another mild November day. We were hoping to find a new...

The following is a slightly edited version of a piece I wrote for the Manchester Journal a few years back. With brook and brown trout in...

During the first week of October I traveled down to the Catskills with my wife and angling partner, Deanna. This was her first visit to...

A pair of "big, nasty" Atherton # 6 dries Prior to my first trip to the Battenkill many years ago, I wrote a letter to Vermont Fish and...

A brown trout sitting high in the water waiting for a snack. During the late summer fishery biologists from Vermont Fish and Wildlife...

The classic fall honey ant A few days ago my wife and I headed out from our camp a short distance from the Battenkill to see what was...

As I write this, our local rivers are subsiding from the pulse of water provided by the remnants of Tropical Storm Debbie. While we were...

As we trudge our way through a warm, dry summer I am reminded that Mother Nature does things very much by design. River temperatures are...

Two years ago this month my dad, Gerry Lyons, passed peacefully after a full life that ended just short of his 93rd birthday. Though my...

A rainbow offers a little color to what has been a pretty tough month of hot and humid weather. As of this writing (7/11), the...

Early in my career, I worked for Rockport Shoe, a really fine company that made a really good product. At the time, the company was...

A beautiful evening on the Upper Delaware River awaiting the gathering cloud of Green Drakes to settle on the water and draw wild trout...

Late May into mid June and late August into late September afford even the less skilled nymph anglers the opportunity to catch trout...