I just finished setting up the card table over the dogs’ kennel box in the back room. It’ll probably stay up at least until the trout opener, because it holds all the fly tying materials to the left ...

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 ...

The Emergent Sparkle Pupa was the brainchild of Gary LaFontaine, a gifted writer and fly fisher. This pattern represents the second phase of the caddis emergence and should be fished in or below the ...

Learn how to tie a variety of flies from professional fly tying instructors. Professional fly tying instructors Carolyn Sells and LeRoy Hyatt show you how to tie three "moving water" flies: An Iris ...

If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, then I’m sure you will hear the same thing from all of the guides and shop-dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s best known ...