I have been asked many times, what is the best trout fly. My answer is, there isn’t an “all around best trout fly”. There are ...

Anglers miss so much of what is happening under water. We spend a lot of time trying to hide things like split shot and ...

Located in the middle of our river valley is the town of Avon. In the center of the town is Nottingham Lake, a manicured ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers ...

Remember, it is easy to get lost at Ruby Lake NWR due to the many channels that zig-zag over several thousand acres, so stay ...

Fly fishing is getting better, and there’s decent dry fly fishing now with caddis, blue wing olives, crackle backs, beetles and griffiths gnats. Good nymphs right now are pheasant tails, hares ears, ...

The eight recommended flies that I agree with include the Zebra Midge (size 18 – 24), The Jujube Midge (size 18 – 24), Egg Patterns (size 14 – 16), the Pheasant Tail Nymph (size 18 – 22 ...

Every spring, clouds of midge flies, or lake flies, take over the lakefront for a brief yet intense few weeks. It's hard to go a few steps without feeling like one has landed in your eye or flown ...

Try the Fryingpan River or Upper Roaring Fork River for midge fly fishing in winter, or Gore Creek in Vail. There are plenty of rivers that rarely freeze over — the trick will be finding the fish.

The Montana Fly Co. started that year with one small table and four women tying flies in Costa Rica. The company had immediate success, and has grown every year since, says Oswald.

In high lakes, midges comprise the bulk of the trout diet. You can expect a pretty consistent evening midge hatch, and you’ll want to have flies in a variety of sizes and colors to match it.

Also, some flies, such as biting midges, may be able to pass through standard 16-mesh wire screen, so a smaller mesh is necessary. Eliminate standing water and low-lying areas in your yard.