In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

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BILLINGS – If you’ve ever wondered about the water quality in a stream, river or lake you are fishing, just ask a mayfly. Mayflies are winged insects that spend the early stages of their life ...

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The river is reaching summer flow levels rapidly. Water temperatures are making a rise. Insect activity is producing stellar ...

Last week, I offered some suggestions on assembling a basic assortment of nymph patterns for early-season trout in our region. This week, I’ll present a similar discussion targeting dry-fly patterns.

At Lake Davis, a midsummer's night dream has emerged on what was once the grandest of stages of Sierra Nevada lakes. Several times in the past few weeks, a fog-like eruption of giant mayflies hatched ...

Fishing Researchers aren’t the only ones who track mayflies. Fly anglers closely follow the timing of mayfly hatches as a potential opportunity to catch fish, sometimes on a dry fly. Depending on the ...