I’ll probably start with caddis patterns, not necessarily because I’ll use them first but because, when we left Montana last summer, I gave the whole box of caddis flies to our niece’s ...

Here's a step-by-step of fly fisherman Gary Jones ' top three dry flies for the Mother's Day caddis hatch.

Great summer fly fishing includes fishing caddis patterns. Fly anglers can use simple caddis patterns and techniques when caddisflies are out and about to increase their catch and have lots of fun.

Gallentine fishes a dry fly pattern like the dark-bodied elk hair caddis. Sometimes he'll tie a nymph like a pheasant tail or beadhead prince to the back of the dry fly, known as a dropper.

Maynard is constantly searching for a better way, a better tie or better fly-tying materials. One of the author's favorite patterns is the Bow Tie Caddis.

Tell us more Alvin Theriault How many different fly patterns do you make? We offer flies in 38 categories, but each category may have a dozen or more different fly patterns. For example, we sell 16 ...

Check any fly fisherman’s fly box and it’s likely you will find a bit of Troth’s legacy. In 1957, Troth designed one of the most definitive dry-fly patterns of all time – the elk hair caddis.

Besides that holiday with the flowers, candy and doubled restaurant prices, mid-February brings something else: the onset of dry fly fever.