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I just finished setting up the card table over the dogs’ kennel box in the back room. It’ll probably stay up at least until the trout opener, because it holds all the fly tying materials to the left ...

Here's a step-by-step of fly fisherman Gary Jones ' top three dry flies for the Mother's Day caddis hatch. Secure the thread on a size 16 dry fly hook and dub it with a blend of olive and grey dubbing ...

Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

Editor's note: Kathleen Kudlinski is off today. This column appeared in a previous edition of the Register. It pays to stick with it - especially if you are a caddis fly larvae. But adult caddis flies ...

The Hemingway Special (aka Hemingway Caddis and Sheralee’s Speckled Sedge) was originated by Sheralee and Mike Lawson in the 1970s to imitate an adult caddis. The Lawsons named the pattern in honor of ...

DECKERS — Almost overnight, spring had turned to summer along the South Platte River. Streamside willows had leafed out, lush green grasses carpeted its banks, and here and there, under the early ...

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 was a ...