Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

… There’s a whole mess bugs classified as terrestrials. No matter the insect, when a breeze blows any of these land-based trout snacks into the river, it doesn’t last long. In late summer , when ...

There are few things that get anglers more excited than watching a fish come to the surface to smash a big dry fly. For a well-fed trout, it’s hard to resist a large, clumsy hopper. Still, we know ...

There are few things that get anglers more excited than watching a fish come to the surface to smash a big dry fly. For a well-fed trout, it's hard to resist a large, clumsy hopper. Still, we know ...

Anglers use a strong-floating hopper as their first fly and then hang a beadhead nymph, regular nymph or even a second hopper, fished wet, off the back. Good hopper bites are being reported on the ...

During the past couple of weeks, monsoon season has brought a welcome respite from the heat for both anglers and trout. As families get ready for a new school year, the number of fly fishermen on area ...

Anyone immersed in the sport of fly fishing, especially for trout, have heard of the popular presentation technique called the hopper-dropper. Not only does the catchy name roll off your tongue with a ...

My fly-fishing pals finally let on that the grasshopper fishing had been incredible for the past month. I’d been fishing high lakes and streams in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area for most of the ...

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