While hoppers are usually associated with late summer and fall, ants and beetles are ... temptingly over a trout’s snout. They are consistent, season-long producers across the country. Ant diversity ...

Instead, I use flies that imitate grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, ants ... When you start noticing bugs, the local trout are noticing the same bugs when they end up on the water.

Autumn’s flies may or may not hatch ... Before the really chilly weather sets in, beetle, hopper, and ant patterns will take trout when no aquatic insects are active. All it takes is the ...

Don't let a lack of knowledge stop you. These flies consistently catch trout, no matter the hatch or your fly fishing skill level. Like gems in the water. / photo by Ken Baldwin If it played out ...

When I fish a trout river that’s new to me, I often stop into a local fly shop to pick up a few dry flies. Every river has its own special patterns, and I’m a sucker for these. I thought it ...

Landing the highly coveted Lahontan cutthroat trout requires special ... A number of flies have been developed for Pyramid, including the Popcorn Beetle and the Booby. The latter features two ...

It's a tactic more people should use. Trout Tips is a weekly feature by Wayne Bartz, a Rochester angler and a field editor for Midwest Fly-fishing Magazine. His e-mail address is [email protected].

All the still waters report big bags of trout as the fish came up in large numbers to feed on the flies and terrestrials. Masses of beetles have had the trout gorging themselves on the surface and ...