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ROARING FORK VALLEY ” The caddis hatch ” an eagerly awaited event for this angler if only so she can tie on a fly pattern that she can actually see ” has begun in earnest on the Colorado and lower ...

If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, then I’m sure you will hear the same thing from all of the guides and shop-dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s best known ...

There are any number of patterns to imitate caddis and, depending on how finicky the trout are, most patterns work well. But every once in a while, we need to get closer to the real bug with our ...

If you’re a fly-fisherman, think back on your first trout on the fly. Can you remember it? Turns out I cannot, but I do recall my teenage years spent trying to crack the code on mountain brook trout ...

When trout and salmon gently sip floating insects off the surface, it often means that they are feeding on hatching aquatic insects, dead-drifting with the current or just sitting on still water, ...

BASALT – Mother’s Day caddis. These three words make fisherman shutter in their wading boots as spring finally takes hold. Though the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers have good mayfly hatches, both ...

About the time that the most famous hatch comes off (The Green Drake) other flies appear that last throughout the entire season. They are the Caddis flies, and are a very important part of the trout's ...

Caddis patterns are the main staple of Western river fishermen. There are many styles and tying techniques that are effective. Most are general in nature, but tyers are always trying to be more ...