Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

Silas Miller For the Chronicle Aug 24, 2023 Aug 24, 2023 I left work at 6 p.m. and took to the road from Missoula in search of green and gold Yellowstone cutthroat trout. It was dark by the time I ...

When we talk about trout flies, we usually group them into one of three categories: dry flies, nymphs, or streamers. But there’s a fourth, often overlooked category that can be very productive if ...

Learning to fly fish can seem daunting because there is so much to learn. The truth is, it's a lifetime of learning, so don't look at it as a mountain in front of you; instead, learn each lesson as it ...

In fly fishing for trout, there are certain truths that should be self-evident. You don’t fish with bait in a fly-only river. You don’t low hole other anglers and cut them off on the river. You don’t ...