“Do you really need any dry flies other than ant patterns when fishing in a heavily clear-cut region?” That question had stumped me. It was still in my mind down along the river. Our ...

Insight on how to develop your fly fishing knowledge and skills on the water. - Essential trout skills: Take your fly fishing ...

Fishing ants for summertime trout Local Sports. ... A simple ant pattern tied on a wet fly hook from black rabbit fur with a turn of black hen hackle to simulate legs will work fine.

The trout-approved Rubber Legs fly. / Photo by Jasper Taback I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to ...

Ants are usually associated with dry-fly fishing, but they also drown, making subsurface patterns effective. And they don’t just crawl: Some winged species take flight in prodigious swarms. Another ...

Inchworms are those little green worms that you see hanging from trees this time of the year. It's a moth larva that hangs from trees by a silken thread. Inchworms don't just hang from the trees ...

Fly fishing in the fall can be tricky. ... Before the really chilly weather sets in, beetle, hopper, and ant patterns will take trout when no aquatic insects are active.

Fishermen shouldn't just put hatch charts in a tidy little box ...

The Kootenai River is in the best shape of the year right now. Dry fly action is hopping all day. Dry fly fishing is also picking up as flows drop on the Beaverhead River. In the Billings area ...

The beauty of fly fishing for bluegills is that fly selection isn’t very complicated. Considering that pretty much any bluegill will sip a cricket, slurp a bit of worm, or nip a tiny ball of white ...