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One of the four main aquatic invertebrate food groups, caddis flies, are both a river and lake trout staple, whose appeal to the feeding trout stretches spring through the fall. With 18 families and 1,261 species of caddis crowding our North American waters, it is essential for the fly angler to be able to [...]

The night was blacker than tar as he crouched in the tall grass, sweat and dew mixing together, making his shirt cling to him like a second skin. The buzz of mosquitoes droned through his consciousness, their sharp mouths testing the vintage of his blood like appreciative connoisseurs. But still, he remained motionless, [...]

Since time out of mind in rivers around the globe, trout have spawned, laying their eggs in ancient gravels, only to have their efforts and familial dreams devoured by other fish. In the constantly moving world of trout, where currents continually push and pull and food actively seeks to evade capture, the opportunity to [...]

The year was 1991. The Fresh Price of Bel-Air is on TV and Good Vibrations by Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch is blasting on the boom box as you get ready for a night out on the town. This is not an evening for half measures, so the fanny pack stays at [...]

No matter how diligently we may tie flies through the winter and pack line after line of our favorite patterns into our fly boxes, inevitably we will find ourselves thigh deep in some river looking blankly at a piece of broken tippet and our last "Hot Fly" swimming downstream in the mouth of a big fish. Now before [...]

Being born and raised in the Mid-West, my life was intimately connected to land. From working on farms and ranches during my early years, to selling sweet corn on the side of the road to pay for college, the seasons were marked by their own unique rhythms of planting and harvest. From the [...]

I'll try to keep the egg puns to a minimum, but "Over-Easy" aptly describes the action to be expected when fishing during or around the spawn; you will catch a lot of fish! Like a bunch of frat boys posturing at a bar before close, trout get aggressive and make poor decisions when they are getting ready to [...]

The astute fly angler doesn't wait until they are on the water before they attempt to match the hatch, but begin the process while driving to stream, and continue to hone their fly choice while trekking down to the water. Each summer and fall, clumsy hopping, crawling, and flying terrestrials (land insects and animals) [...]

With the progression of summer, fishing across the country is heating up both figuratively and literally. Anglers can anticipate waves of hatches throughout the day, with fish feeding in every level of the water column. Water clarity will improve daily as runoff continues to slow and flows decrease. With the long sunny days and stable summer [...]