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There are any number of patterns to imitate caddis and, depending on how finicky the trout are, most patterns work well. But every once in a while, we need to get closer to the real bug with our ...

Caddis patterns are the main staple of Western river fishermen. There are many styles and tying techniques that are effective. Most are general in nature, but tyers are always trying to be more ...

If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, then I’m sure you will hear the same thing from all of the guides and shop-dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s best known ...

The Mother’s Day caddis hatch — is it really on the second Sunday in May every year? Not really. It is more of a generalization for what is happening across the Rockies at that time of year. Whether ...

My windshield is a mess. Hordes of moth-like insects hatched on the lower Madison River this weekend, and they flitted about incomprehensibly in thick clouds. Some of the clouds hovered over the river ...