They’re small. They are here all the time. And they must taste good, because trout will eat the littlest bug in the river all year. Trout snack on midges again and again, like Tic Tacs. Midges are the ...

Fryingpan River: Currently flowing at 163 cfs below Ruedi Reservoir. Fishing has been great this past week. Thanks to the spring-like weather, midges have been coming off and providing some exciting ...

Short and Sweet: The weather has been quite warm around Basalt recently, and the bugs are hatching heavily. Cloudy, warm days are all you can ask for on the Pan, and we are getting our share of them.

If you spend much time around fly anglers who pursue trout, you’ll soon be subjected to detailed entomology lessons. Many trout fly anglers love studying aquatic insects because imitating those bugs ...

BASALT – As we quickly approach the month of March, several exciting changes take place along the rivers of the Roaring Fork Valley. Forget about basketball and March Madness – this is the time of ...

April is an odd month in the Colorado high country. The recent snowstorm that locked up the valley, shut schools and wreaked havoc on Interstate 70 is evidence of that fact. Anglers dealing with ...

Non-biting midges are the tiny flies that swarm together as thick masses around lakes and streams, annoying passers-by in warm weather. But early in a midge's life, it lives in the water. Now, ...

Midges, beadheads and red SJ worms are what's hot. The best flies to use are zebra midges, shuckin' midges, red or cream midge larva, poison tungs, black or olive biot emergers, sparkle wing RS2's, ...

Short and Sweet: The middle river is the place to be. In Depth Report: Hatches are fairly steady on the river, and we are delighted to report that the Fryingpan is opening up (ice-wise) nearly ...