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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As another fishing season starts to change complexion, the smart guys start looking for ways to improve their success. Two fellows from Fort Collins have ...

More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

Midge patterns of fishing flies rest on a quarter. The small flies mimic the chironomids present in many Montana rivers and lakes. BOZEMAN, Mont. — I hit the water this month for the first time in a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Warm days throughout the early and middle parts of this month had me itching. Sunshine and temps ...

Lakes are a favorite target of fly fishing anglers throughout our region during the summer. It doesn’t matter if you are ...

Scotland's midge population could soon be unusually high due to recent weather patterns, according to experts. The Scottish Midge Forecast said the insects hatched within a shorter timeframe this year ...

Midges, like any of the other bottom-dwelling aquatic insects, must rise through the water to reach the surface. The pupae stage occurs during this time and gives the tyer another kid of fly to tie ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

This revamped forecast has been launched just in time the first large hatch of midges of the year has been recorded, with ...