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 ...

Short and Sweet: The weather has been quite warm around Basalt recently, and the bugs are hatching heavily. Cloudy, warm days are all you can ask for on the Pan, and we are getting our share of them.

As dry fly hatches begin to ebb, we will need to focus below the river surface to remain effective. Complex summertime hatches will narrow down to only midges and blue winged olives after Halloween, ...

If fishing a midge hatch isn’t one of the most difficult challenges that fly-fishers undertake, it’s certainly one of the quirkiest. I’d vote for it being the most difficult and the quirkiest if it ...

As for midges, go with cluster patterns, parachutes, black adult midges, real midges and black or red midge larva.Roaring Fork River: Currently flowing at 43 cfs at Aspen, 466 cfs at Basalt, and 755 ...