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 ...

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 ...

If you are refilling your depleted fly boxes this winter, having all of the usual insects is important, but having the proper fly for each stage of that insect’s life cycle is even more so. Most of ...

If you are refilling your depleted fly boxes this winter, having all of the usual insects is important – but having the proper fly for each stage of that insect’s life cycle is even more so. Most of ...