Crawling along the world’s river bottoms, the larvae of the caddis fly suffer a perpetual housing crisis. To protect themselves from predators, they gather up sand grains and other sediment and paste ...

The lower Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers are starting to make the switch from blue-winged olives to caddis hatches. The first few days of the hatch are always interesting; it takes the fish a minute ...

Caddis fly adults are moth-like, four-winged insects that swarm around lights. To find caddis fly larvae, go to a cool stream, kneel down and catch them as they drift downstream. To find caddis fly ...

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 ...

As our freestone rivers pick up the pace, the lower Roaring Fork and Colorado will make the switch from blue winged olives to caddis hatches. The first few days of the hatch are always interesting; I ...