Chuck Stranahan In some parts of the country flyfishers still talk about the willow fly hatch. Depending on where you are and ...

Two insects are under consideration as the official state insect: the stonefly and, more recently, the Huron River leafhopper ...

We are finally getting back in business on our rivers here in the Roaring Fork Valley! Hopefully more snow will come, but the ...

There’s an old adage in fishing and lure selection, light lures on light days, dark on dark days.  Maybe that’s the reason ...

Winter stoneflies are a puzzle for many fly fishers. With few insects hatching in the colder months of the year, a stonefly ...

To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

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 ...

Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

When it comes to chest-developing exercises, the fly ranks as one of the most popular among gym goers. But there’s a lesser-utilised variation that may just give you better – and safer – gains. The ...

Scientists tracking young Arizona Bald Eagles found that many migrate north during summer and fall, bucking the traditional southbound pattern of most birds. Their routes rely heavily on historic ...

It’s rare that a single fly pattern can work every day and in every situation on a western trout stream, but I’d argue that Rim Chung’s RS2 Emerger comes pretty darn close. Rim’s personally tied RS2s ...

A colorful fly pattern known as the Royal Coachman Bucktail was my Grandpa Harry’s secret weapon. This conclusion follows two decades of observing his catch on the South Fork of the Walla Walla River.