Here are 10 flies that every wintertime trout angler needs to carry in their box. Midges are small aquatic insects that account for a large portion of a trout’s diet in many waters, especially ...

What a difference a week makes on a trout stream. On Jan. 20, the temperature at Buffalo City was 7 degrees. On Jan. 28, it ...

Fly fishers have a lot of learning to do when it comes to all of the insects that tempt a trout. Of the four main insect ...

It’s starting again — it’s only early February, but we are all fishing before and after shifts at the fly shop these days. The fishing is simply erupting around the valley right now, from top ...

How did you come up with all the names of the flies that you developed,” a fly-fishing friend asked me last week as we ...

and 99 percent of winter fly fishing is nymph fishing. At any time of the year, midges comprise more than 50 percent of a trout’s diet. So these small insects are extremely important for anglers ...

If sitting around and staring at a hole in the ice doesn’t fit with your idea of fishing, take heart – there’s an open-water alternative even in the coldest part of the year.

Large nymphs and streamers will do you well here, but don’t rule out dry fly fishing – midges will come off the water regularly, and, if you time it right, a Cheesman Blue Winged Olive hatch ...

The photo that you see with this column is a gorgeous brown trout in my net caught while fishing solo near the dam on the upper end of the Frying Pan. The fly is a size 22 ruby midge that I tied.

“How did you come up with all the names of the flies that you developed,” a fly-fishing friend asked me ... with different flies for the midges and it may be one of them.