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 ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

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Various baetis and caddis emergers trailed slightly below the surface should also take fish this time of year. The No. 1 dry fly pattern for the March Brown hatch is the Trina’s Carnage Drake March ...

When caddis leave the bottom of the stream to emerge, very often they take their nymphal shuck up with them, letting the current help them shed this extra baggage. Their wings will start to pop out ...