Stillwaters not only provide fishing opportunities for some of the largest trout in the United States, but they often provide the only dependable fishing (save some tailwaters in Colorado and New Mexico) in the early season (from ice-out to after runoff) for anglers in New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, California, Oregon, and Washington. Many anglers prefer to continue to fish lakes after the rivers drop to experience epic hatches of midges, Callibaetis mayflies, and damselflies, which all provide exceptional fly fishing for large trout. This is the definitive guide to fly fishing lakes and reservoirs fishing (written by the author of the best-selling book, Tactical Fly Fishing) and the only book on the market that covers competition and loch-style techniques used around the world.

Devin Olsen started fly fishing in Yellowstone at age nine. He started competing at age nineteen, earned a spot on Fly Fishing Team USA at twenty-one, and has competed in thirteen consecutive World Fly Fishing Championships with Fly Fishing Team USA. He has earned a bronze individual medal and silver and bronze team medals at world championships and numerous medals at competitions in the U.S. Devin holds a bachelor’s degree in ecology and a master’s degree in fisheries science and worked as a fisheries biologist for several years before founding his online store, Tactical Fly Fisher (tacticalflyfisher.com). He is the author of Tactical Fly Fishing and has produced three instructional films, Modern Nymphing: European Inspired Techniques, Modern Nymphing Elevated: Beyond the Basics, and Adaptive Fly Fishing.