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 ...

With spring quickly approaching, it’s time for anglers to prepare their fly boxes for matching a few more hatches. Baetis — also referred to as Blue Winged Olive mayflies, Caddis and Stonefly nymphs — ...

The weather lately possesses a certain unpredictability from day to day. Sunny and blue skies one day, snow storms, wind and cold temperatures the next, the river keeps giving trout a different look.

From the time they decide to hatch until they fly, caddisflies go through several stages — all of which have fly patterns to represent them. Because caddisflies, for the most part, develop on the ...

If a simple, shaggy, all-purpose dry fly is good, I’m starting to think a simple, shaggy, all-purpose emerger is even better. The effectiveness of emergers is old news to fans of such flies as the ...