"Over the years, I’ve seen people take to the sport with relative ease, while others seem to struggle for a while before the light goes on. The good news? Regardless of which category you fall into, ...

Reviews were mixed from the anglers I spoke to. Some caught them on big, bushy dry flies, others not at all. The reports held true that the salmonflies were here but cool weather and rain had stifled ...

It's coming, some places it's already begun, it's not a harbinger of bad times, the world isn't coming to an end, but it is coming. The Great Cicada Emergence of 2024, a bug hatch of monumental ...

"The Evening Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, informative, and entertaining. Enjoy it as a relaxing end to a long day. • ...

Around here we call it The Hatch — the annual migration of the giant salmonflies and golden stoneflies as they crawl from the middle of the river out to the edges to emerge and dry their wings in the ...

FLY-FISHERS in the eastern half of the U.S. are eagerly anticipating a hatch 17 years in the making: the Brood X cicada emergence. From around mid-May through June, billions of these chubby bugs will ...

Summer along the Susquehanna River brings all the classics: sunny days, kayak floats, riverside hikes, and picnic-perfect evenings. But if you’re in the Lower Susquehanna Region in late July or early ...

Pale Morning Duns are one of the prettiest bugs that exist in our local rivers. World-renowned fly tyer AK Best calls it the “glamour hatch.” We see adults in hues pink through yellow, and the nymphs ...

As we see the annual runoff begin to ebb in the coming week or two, the green drake mayflies will begin revving their engines and preparing for takeoff. Of all the prolific mayfly hatches we boast ...

FLY FISHING — The Bitterroot River, which runs through Missoula, is warming up and anglers are starting to squirm at the thought of the season’s first hatch of big fish-arousing stoneflies. There’s ...

A hefty snowpack has delayed the arrival of one of Central Oregon anglers' favorite flies. The renowned salmon fly hatch on the Lower Deschutes could be about a week to 10 days late, according to John ...