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 ...

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 ...

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning starter ...

The Eagle River transitions rapidly into the ideal fly-fishing river for both the floating angler and the wading fly fisher. The window usually closes quickly, but this season the floating has held ...

Trout were chasing Caddis Emergers and taking caddis adults off the surface on Manatawny Creek March 26 during the 2016 Mentored Youth Trout Fishing Day. As the regional trout season opens this ...

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 ...

Spring is in full swing. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping and trout are eating bugs off the surface of the water. It’s time to discover what bugs the fish are eating. Anglers can run into an ...

In this edition of The Morning Hatch: - Check out the latest episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast, featuring a legendary fly fishing guide. Podcast: 15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey - ...