Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on ...

Matching the hatch can be done with nearly any white dry fly pattern, including Cahill and Sulphur patterns. Most often all that is needed is a pocketful of white spent spinners in a size 12 or 14.

Emerger patterns consist of Pandemic PMDs, PMD Flag Dun Emergers and Halfbacks, and my absolute favorite dun (dry fly) pattern is the pink or yellow Taylor Creek Sparkledun. The spinner phase of this ...

In a future column, I will look at dry flies. The most troublesome aspect of recommending nymph patterns to other anglers is there are so few standard nymph patterns.

The Great Lakes region's annual mayfly hatch, when the aquatic insects emerge in their winged form to mate, usually happens in late June to early July. The mayflies have such a short life span in ...

The Starting Spot: How to Fish the Late Summer Mayfly Hatch for Bass, a Crash Course on How To Use Forward-Facing Sonar to Catch More Fish, and the Whopper Plopper topwater lure for summer bass ...

Casting hope Benton man develops Mayfly Project to teach fly-fishing to foster children August 7, 2016 by Lisa Lakey ...