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 ...
A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...
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Watching water temperature helps to determine when to fish certain insect imitations. If fly fishers haven’t seen the bugs, water temperature can still tell you they are there. With the way water ...
April brings many gifts to the fly fisher in this valley, the best of which are frenzied blue-winged olive and caddis hatches. Other areas in Colorado boast of the best caddis hatches, but most of us ...
The Strawman is an old Paul Young pattern that probably was a cased caddis imitation, though such free-floating cased caddisflies are rare. Sometimes, however, in very turbulent waters, these caddis ...
Are you getting your fly boxes ready for another summer? Having all of the usual insects is important but so is having the proper fly for each stage of that insect’s life cycle. Most of our native ...
April means many things to fly fishers. For most, it rings in the fair-weather fishing season, as the first waves of blue winged olives and caddis arrive with those April showers. If you’ve ever ...
April means many things to fly fishers. For most, it rings in the fair-weather fishing season, as the first waves of blue winged olives and caddis arrive with those April showers. If you’ve ever ...
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