With spring quickly approaching, it’s time for anglers to prepare their fly boxes for matching a few more hatches. Baetis — also referred to as Blue Winged Olive mayflies, Caddis and Stonefly nymphs — ...

BASALT – Autumn often yields some of the best dry-fly fishing of the entire year.Blue-wing olives are one of the few mayfly species that hatches bi-annually, during both spring and fall. For most ...

The Roaring Fork Valley’s first mayfly hatch of the year, that of the blue-wing olive, is under way along the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers. It’s an exciting time of year and for fly fishers marks ...

BASALT – The Roaring Fork Valley’s first mayfly hatch of the year, the Blue Wing Olive, is under way along the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers. It’s an exciting time of year and for fly fishers marks ...

I get a little excited when the spring temperatures bring about an emergence of mayflies that haven’t been seen since last fall. The air feels good on your skin. Midges are skating across the surface ...

Dry-fly fishing has been very good lately on the Fryingpan, Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers. The midge hatches have been the dominant force on the Fryingpan, while midges and blue-winged olives are ...

When aquatic insects hatch, much of the transformation takes place subsurface. But depending on the currents, the bugs sometimes reach the surface before they should. When this happens, anglers will ...

I get a little excited when the spring temperatures bring about an emergence of mayflies that haven’t been seen since last fall. The air feels good on your skin. Midges are skating across the surface ...