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Midges (Post)
Old dudes like me curse a midge hatch. The dominative little flies can be a bugger to tie on. It’s well worth it though. Trout love these guys.Year-round food sourceMidges are an essential food sou ...
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Parasol Midge Emerger (Post)
It's midge time on many trout streams. One of the most inventive and successful midge patterns to come along in recent years is the Parasol Midge Emerger. Many fishers have been stumped during the ...
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Midge Season (Post)
Even though out here in the West it's still very much Winter, many tailwaters, spring creeks, and lower elevation waters should start to show signs of life in the next several weeks. Midges are usual ...
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Winter Midge Fishing (Post)
Midges hatch year round, but are especially effective in the cold winter months. Why? Pretty simple really. The lack of hatches going on at this time. Trout will hone in and cue on midges. The ...
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Its Midge Time Again (Post)
Winter brings a lot of things to the trout stream. Snow, ice, and cold are a few of them, luckily, so are fewer anglers and many midges. Midge hatches hone an anglers skills more than almost any oth ...
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Best Flies For Spring (and Why): Midges, Mayflies, Eggs, and Worms (Post)
As temperatures rise across the nation, the aquatic world comes alive. Warmer weather triggers the natural cycle of insect hatches, fish spawning, and increased feeding activity. For fly anglers, thi ...
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Chironomids (Post)
Many serious lake fishermen are well aware of the Chironomid (ki-ron-o-mid), however, I still sometimes hear "chirono-what?" and various other oddities of the English language when I recommend them t ...
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Winter Nymph Tactics (Post)
One great thing about where I live is that we have a year-round fishing season. Though it sounds crazy to some, I actually really enjoy winter fly fishing, especially on some of the super productive ...
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September Fishing (Post)
Fly fishing in the late summer can be some of the most difficult and challenging fishing of the entire year. Typically, this time of year means low, gin clear water and fish with their PhD in fly ...
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Fly FIshing Tips for Late Fall (Post)
There's a chill in the air. Winter is almost here. Don't put away the fly rod just yet though. Some of the best fly fishing, uncrowded water, hungry fish, and natural beauty happens to be found out o ...
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Winter Trout Fishing (Post)
Trout fishing in the winter is tough. Trout are cold blooded, which means their metabolic rate slows down. They’re not likely to move beyond a few inches for the fly and they will be swimming close ...
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Tactics for Mixed Hatches (Post)
Seeing clouds of bugs hovering just over the water makes me practically giddy. I looked closely and saw that it was both midges and blue winged olives hatching at once. This situation can present som ...