Walk through the brush that grows along any stream this time of year and you will see a multitude of grasshoppers leaping away from your strides. This is the season of the hopper. By now they have ...

Sustainability is the watchword these days. Fall and spring hunting go hand in hand with the fly tyer’s bench, and harvesting meat and materials can coincide. Flies are still created by hand these ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

If you’ve prowled any fly shops recently, you’ve noticed a growing number of bins holding terrestrial patterns. It’s like they are reproducing and mutating, morphing into strange and garish ...

More years ago than I particularly care to contemplate, I was a catcher of bait as well as of fish. The two naturally went together. You had to have one to catch the ...

This is a special time of year because nearly every insect is hatching from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis, and craneflies. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local rivers have ...

During the past couple of weeks, monsoon season has brought a welcome respite from the heat for both anglers and trout. As families get ready for a new school year, the number of fly fishermen on area ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...

One of these caught fish, while the others didn't / Photo by Ken Baldwin Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect ...