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 ...

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 ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

Anglers and guides alike are all commenting on the prolific pale morning dun (PMD) hatches we are seeing this year. The Fryingpan has the most robust emergences of these mayflies, but there are solid ...

A couple Central Pennsylvania sportsmen’s organizations have opened registration for the 2020 editions of their annual winter fly tying classes for beginners and advanced tier alike. Students will ...

Throughout the 168-page book, Mathews and Chouinard provide 18 different patterns and materials, including the mayfly emerger and flymph (an insect that is not yet a fly but no longer a nymph), ...

A little less than a week ago, the first credible rumor of a blue-winged olive mayfly hatch made its way up the Front Range. Before that, there had been the usual false alarms from the South Platte ...