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 ...

There's an old joke in the ranks of Bighorn River fishing guides that goes: "There are old guides and there are bold guides - but Frank Johnson is too old to be bold!" Just kidding, Frank. The truth ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

When caddis leave the bottom of the stream to emerge, very often they take their nymphal shuck up with them, letting the current help them shed this extra baggage. Their wings will start to pop out ...

Trout don’t have a chance anymore. Fly-fishing pros Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson have teamed up to produce the definitive work on how to tie flies that could fool a fly. Those picky trout that ...