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 ...

The river is reaching summer flow levels rapidly. Water temperatures are making a rise. Insect activity is producing stellar ...

The caddis hatch – an eagerly awaited event for this angler if only so she can tie on a fly that she can actually see – has begun in earnest on the Colorado and lower Roaring Fork rivers.A dry caddis ...

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 ...

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