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 ...

BASALT – Mother’s Day caddis. These three words make fisherman shutter in their wading boots as spring finally takes hold. Though the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers have good mayfly hatches, both ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

As the days get longer and the sun creeps higher into the sky, warm water migrates up the Arkansas River and little bugs start to hatch, surfacing out of the water in a mysterious way. It’s the caddis ...

The lower Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers are starting to make the switch from blue-winged olives to caddis hatches. The first few days of the hatch are always interesting; it takes the fish a minute ...