Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

Nearly every insect is hatching from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis and craneflies on local rivers, especially the Fryingpan River. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local rivers ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...

… There’s a whole mess bugs classified as terrestrials. No matter the insect, when a breeze blows any of these land-based trout snacks into the river, it doesn’t last long. In late summer , when ...

From the Madison to the Bighorn, dry fly anglers can indelicately pound the bank with their favorite hopper patterns and take fish, even during the heat of the day. Reservoir anglers might want to ...

Along with the plethora of aquatic (from the water) insects we’re seeing lately, local rivers have plentiful terrestrial (not from the water) grasshoppers along the banks and are settling in to prime ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...

Grasshoppers, crickets, ants, beetles, bees, dragonflies, cicadas… There’s a whole mess bugs classified as terrestrials. No matter the insect, when a breeze blows any of these land-based trout snacks ...