Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

One of the advantages of living on the bank of the Eagle River is a connection to the insects that fill the bellies of trout. Only recently have I started to see caddis flying haphazardly over the ...

If you are refilling your depleted fly boxes this winter, having all of the usual insects is important – but having the proper fly for each stage of that insect’s life cycle is even more so. Most of ...

April brings many gifts to the fly fisher in this valley, the best of which are frenzied blue-winged olive and caddis hatches. Other areas in Colorado boast of the best caddis hatches, but most of us ...

April means many things to fly fishers. For most, it rings in the fair-weather fishing season, as the first waves of blue winged olives and caddis arrive with those April showers. If you’ve ever ...

March Browns are coming off. Dry fly action is more active with cloud cover. If it’s bright and sunny try fishing with a dropper nymph. A March Brown nymph dropped off of a Purple Haze or Parachute ...

Besides that holiday with the flowers, candy and doubled restaurant prices, mid-February brings something else: the onset of dry fly fever. This is about the time of year when even people like me, who ...

Big stonefly nymphs trailed by little beadhead copper johns, prince nymphs and pheasant tails are a good tactic. PMDs, caddis and little yellow sallies are working in the afternoons. - Jim McCall, ...

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