One of these caught fish, while the others didn't / Photo by Ken Baldwin Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect ...

Para Hopper flies in a tan color. The Para Hopper is a popular dry fly pattern that imitates a grasshopper with a ...

The bite on the Beaverhead River has been consistent as we enter the cranefly and hopper season. Anglers are experiencing excellent trout fishing in the morning and late afternoons. As the season ...

More years ago than I particularly care to contemplate, I was a catcher of bait as well as of fish. The two naturally went together. You had to have one to catch the ...

Trout on the Bighorn, Madison and Missouri rivers are also keying in on hopper patterns these days. It's that time of year when grasshopper fly patterns are starting to produce on a lot of rivers, ...

Last week, I wrote about my four favorite hopper-style flies that work wonders on our local rivers and creeks. This week is all about the flies we place below the hopper, the dropper fly. Most dropper ...

This is a special time of year because nearly every insect is hatching from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis, and craneflies. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local rivers have ...

During the past couple of weeks, monsoon season has brought a welcome respite from the heat for both anglers and trout. As families get ready for a new school year, the number of fly fishermen on area ...

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 ...

This is a special time of year because nearly every insect is hatching, from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis and craneflies. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local rivers have ...

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 ...

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 ...