I write this week’s column not because I want to, but because I have to. It’s winter (well, this year, kind of), so that ...

The Zebra Midge was originally designed by Arizona-based fly fishing guide Ted Welling in 1996 to imitate the pupal stage of midges. Welling guides along the Lee’s Ferry section of the Colorado River, ...

While some states still have formal trout openers, most allow year-round fishing so anglers can get out there even during the depths of winter. Although trout need cold water to survive, when water ...

Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually the result of physical processes that show up again and again, even in ...

As winter creeps in it often means a drop in opportunity for fly fishermen. That depends on where you live, of course, but for many of us, river time becomes vise time. If you’re new to fly tying, ...

It’s rare that a single fly pattern can work every day and in every situation on a western trout stream, but I’d argue that Rim Chung’s RS2 Emerger comes pretty darn close. Rim’s personally tied RS2s ...

It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the coming season: Akin to Charlie Craven’s Two-Bit Hooker, this Dream Cast pattern ...

The parking lot across from the Cheesman Canyon Fishing Access Trailhead was close to full when I arrived on a breezeless bluebird morning. It wasn’t the cloudy, drizzly kind of day where you drop ...

Spotted lanternflies are widespread in Franklin County, and residents should control them when found. Marigolds do not repel mosquitoes; their presence in a landscape has no impact on mosquito ...

WASHINGTON — It's time to kill spotted lanternflies nymphs again. People in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have started noticing the first stage of the planthopper's life cycle — early nymphs — out and ...