Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

Learn how to tie a variety of flies from professional fly tying instructors. In this episode, professional fly tying instructors LeRoy Hyatt and Carolyn Sells show you how to tie a Parasol Midge, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Charlie Craven found an epiphany in a mistake. While tying a saltwater lure, a filament went astray, twisting itself around the hook. It looked almost ...

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 ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

If fishing a midge hatch isn’t one of the most difficult challenges that fly-fishers undertake, it’s certainly one of the quirkiest. I’d vote for it being the most difficult and the quirkiest if it ...