Ryan McMahon gathers the ingredients for making an elk-hair caddis fly: brown dry fly hackle (rooster neck feather), elk hair (preferably light), dubbing (made from the under-body of muskrat, beaver, ...

I just finished setting up the card table over the dogs’ kennel box in the back room. It’ll probably stay up at least until the trout opener, because it holds all the fly tying materials to the left ...

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 ...

LIVINGSTON — May is a month when trout gorge. Following a long winter of fairly skimpy food, the emergence of the prolific Mother's Day caddis provides an opportunity for gluttony. Fly anglers rejoice ...

BUTTE – There’s a point when a man can turn a simple hobby into an intricate form of art.

Claudia Green had never given fishing much thought before her mid-50s, and when she did, the thought was “eww.” One summer, her husband gave her a fishing pole and encouraged her to try it out. She ...