Following a stonefly hatch report from reliable friends, I once beelined to the Deschutes River for the best four days of fishing I have had. Those big red-sides just smashed the salmon fly ...

Ask around in knowledgeable fly-fishing circles and you ... but I’m still focused on those salmon. That white-and-orange floating stonefly lure is the ticket, and as the day drifts by I ...

On this week's River Report NBC Montana caught up with legendary fly-tyer Wayne Gravatt.Gravatt unpacked the process of tying ...

Because Intruders don’t hold much water, they are easy to cast for their size—an important feature because casting a weighty sinking fly line on ... can work well. Stonefly patterns are ...

A good salmonfly hatch is what fly angler’s dreams are made of. What is a salmonfly? The largest specimen in the stonefly family is the Pteronarcys Californica, aka the salmonfly. These large insects ...

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Finding the giant stonefly (pteronarcys californica) to utilize in fly fishing is a hit-and-miss proposition because timing and conditions are everything. When the weather and runoff are good and ...

For the uninitiated fly angler, the salmon fly is a giant stonefly com mon to many western rivers and streams. There are hundreds of stoneflies in America's waters, and they're an important food ...

I thought it was too late. And I would have never guessed it would come on a fly." Most of the big salmon have already run up the Rogue for spawning, so most lower Rogue anglers are heading ...

Have you ever wanted to fly a tiny insect mech from leaf to leaf ... Well, prepare to have your imaginings resoundingly changed by Stonefly. This is a game where your insectoid mech can be ...