Last week’s refusals on big dry flies will turn in to this week’s ferocious takedowns. Running double dries is a deadly combination, and if you have trouble with one fish on the end of your line, try ...

Use enough weight to get your flies down to where caddis larva are more prevalent. Wet flies breathe with life in the middle of the river column. Swinging flies with indications of movement like soft ...

The caddis flies live in the larvae stage in the rivers in small “cases” they construct for about a year or so. They hatch around this time in the spring and fly around trying to mate and lay eggs ...

But caddis flies are critical actors in these ecosystems, and their struggles could well have consequences. Caddis fly larvae work an important gig hoovering up aquatic vegetation, keeping a river ...

The lower Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers are starting to make the switch from blue-winged olives to caddis hatches. The first few days of the hatch are always interesting; it takes the fish a minute ...

The caddis flies laid in babbling brooks would just be swept away. Miraculously, instinct tells them to grab onto a pebble. And grab another. The larvae weave the pebbles together with silken ...

Caddis fly larvae typically construct protective cases out of sand grains and silk. Now they're also using microplastic particles.

Although the phosphate differentiates the caddisfly larvae silk from moth and butterfly silk, it is a key aspect of what makes sandcastle glue stick underwater.

They are starting to recall now and are looking up and eating adults after weeks of snacking on caddis larvae. Don’t be afraid of discolored water out there; caddis hatches are usually hand-in-hand ...

Last week’s refusals on big dry flies will turn in to this week’s ferocious takedowns. Running double dries is a deadly combination, and if you have trouble with one fish on the end of your line, try ...