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I'm not interested in simply filling your head with scientific bug names and entomology facts. While we took an in-depth look at the characteristics that will enable the fly fisher to identify stonefly nymphs and adults at a glance in last month's article, The Rise of the Stonefly, that information won't do you any [...]

Having covered the characteristics that define each stage of the midge life cycle in last month's article The Midge Master: Part 1 it's time to take that knowledge into your fly box! With almost 17,000 species of midge populating North America's waters, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of fly patterns sold by your [...]

We've all been there. You are on the water, fly rod in hand when the trout start to rise. You stop your next cast short and just watch for a while, hoping to catch a glimpse of what the trout are feeding on. You squint at the water, adjust your sunglasses, and [...]

Like every fly fisherman, I eagerly anticipate the season when warm nights and sunny days bring fish to the surface to feed on dry flies. Living in the Rocky Mountain West, this season is regrettably shorter than I would like, with Fall frosts creeping down the mountains in early September, and the oft unpunctual [...]

Ask any fly fisherman and they will tell you that the season to fish dry flies is never long enough. As the bugs start to fly over the water and the trout rise to meet them, the fly angler needs to be able to quickly identify the family of invertebrate and [...]

Whenever I'm on the river and I see the clouds begin to roll over the mountains, their threats of rain and wind brooding in their dark forms, my heart begins to beat a little faster as I put down my nymphing rig and reach for my dry fly box. It is in [...]

Having covered the life cycle and characteristics of each phase of the caddisfly in A Fly Fisher's Guide to Identifying and Matching Caddisflies: Part I, it's time to get down to the brass tacks and talk flies! With caddis patterns outnumbering the naturals 10 to 1, the intent of this article is to equip you with [...]

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, [...]