In late summer on many Western rivers, an insect hatch of great importance occurs that provides a lot of action for fly fishers. This hatch is the midge, a small, swarming cloud of trout protein that ...

Charlie Craven found an epiphany in a mistake. While tying a saltwater lure, a filament went astray, twisting itself around the hook. It looked almost exactly like a freshwater midge fly pupa. Craven, ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

BASALT – As we quickly approach the month of March, several exciting changes take place along the rivers of the Roaring Fork Valley. Forget about basketball and March madness, this is the time of year ...

Fishing has been hot! Right now the sweet times on the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan rivers is between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. — the bankers’ hours. There is no real need to get out there too early; let those ...

Midges rule the local water for the next few months. Sporadic hatches of Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) may appear, but the mainstay for repeatable success rides on the smallest nymphs in your fly box. If ...

It’s midwinter and midges are the name of the game for fly fishers plying the Front Range tailwaters. Well, I should say midges are mostly the name of the game, but more on that later. For those of ...