Kubie Brown, over at The MeatEater, put together this guide on catching trout from still water. If you’re interested in dialing in your still water game before fall, this is worth your time to read. Find it in full here.

Photo: Bart Lombardo

If you’re in part of the country where it’s too hot for trout fishing – or you can’t access the high country – then it might be time to look at chasing panfish. Bart Lombardo has a great piece on tactics for chasing these fish during the summer over in Fly Fisherman Magazine, which you can read here.

Photo by Dan Flynn

If the idea of swinging flies for steelhead intrigues you, but you don’t live near any steelhead fisheries, don’t worry. Many of the same patterns and techniques used to chase steelhead work great for chasing trout, too. Louis Cahill breaks down how to get started with swinging steelhead flies for trout in this piece over at Gink & Gasoline.