Caddis fly adults are moth-like, four-winged insects that swarm around lights. To find caddis fly larvae, go to a cool stream, kneel down and catch them as they drift downstream. To find caddis fly ...

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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 ...

I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however, times when fishing dry flies simply ...

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 ...

Crawling along the world’s river bottoms, the larvae of the caddis fly suffer a perpetual housing crisis. To protect themselves from predators, they gather up sand grains and other sediment and paste ...

The author holds a landlocked salmon caught on a nymph rig on the Rapid River. Credit: Courtesy of Marc McDonald If you’re fishing Maine rivers right now, nymph rigs are the most effective way to ...