One of the advantages of living on the bank of the Eagle River is a connection to the insects that fill the bellies of trout. Only recently have I started to see caddis flying haphazardly over the ...

Colorado: CFS 6,000. Hatches: Dry flies: caddis, green drakes, beatis. Nymphs:green drake, caddis, midge. Flies to use: prince nymphs (6-12), stone fly nymph (6-12), red copper johns (10-14), beatis ...

April means many things to fly fishers. For most, it rings in the fair-weather fishing season, as the first waves of blue winged olives and caddis arrive with those April showers. If you’ve ever ...

BASALT – April brings many gifts to the fly fisher in this valley, the best of which are frenzied blue-winged olive and caddis hatches. Other areas in Colorado boast of the best caddis hatches, but ...

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I have been thinking about Mom. Days on the calendar keep getting crossed off. Mother’s Day is rapidly approaching. My gaze falls over the river. A small moth bounces across the water. Closer ...

Runoff is over, the Yampa River is at its best level for floating right now and overlapping hatches of Yellow Sallies, Pale Morning Duns, Caddis, midges and Green Drakes offer excellent fly fishing ...

Colorado: CFS 2,160. Hatches: caddis, beatis, tricos. Flies to use: prince nymphs (6-12), stone fly nymph (6-12), red copper johns (10-14), beatis emergers (14-18), cdc beatis dries (16-20), 20 incher ...