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Mike Trout is back on the field for the Angels, but he jus still dealing with some discomfort in that injured knee.

From trolling spinners for weed walleye, to building your own tapered trout leaders, to frog fishing for summer bass, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI this past week.

In midsummer, I want to be waist-deep in heavy pocket water, when the river is up and the fishing turns on. I don’t lob crawlers much anymore—not because I think I’m above it. I just think fly fishing is more fun. And summer should be fun.

The author says that when it comes to catching trout, it’s not always what you throw at them, but also where in the water column you place it. (Photo by Oak Duke)

Firefighters battling the Trout Fire in the Gila National Forest “made steady progress” on Sunday, June 15, the fire incident management team said in an