Terrestrial flies are tied to imitate land-dwelling bugs that fall into trout streams. Ants, beetles, and hoppers are the big three categories that most terrestrial patterns fall into – because those ...

The nirvana of fly fishing for most anglers is anytime trout are eating insects off the water’s surface. The thrill and adrenaline rush of seeing a trout slowly and methodically rise to take your ...

To the uninitiated, dry fly fishing is the rarified moment on a stream when insects are actively hatching, and you are presenting your offering on the surface. The sweetest part is the visual aspect — ...

Casting a dry dropper rig will feel a lot like casting a dry fly, just with a bit of added weight. The real nuance involved in dry dropper fishing is learning to detect subsurface eats.

As our local freestone rivers begin to drop in volume, we need to add a bit of stealth factor to our fly presentations and ...

A recent three-boat float from Radium to Rancho del Rio on the upper Colorado River gave opportunity for old friends and new to test their rods and fly choice against the mustard yellow brown ...

The X-caddis should be in every Eagle River anglers fly box around Mother’s Day. As far as dry flies go for the Eagle River and Mother’s Day, the king of caddis patterns is the Elk Hair Caddis. Tied ...