There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

As the days shorten and the temperature drops, I start plotting a methodical fly-tying program, one that ensures the most essential flies are tied long before they’re needed. A day for hare’s ear and ...

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 ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

Midges, the tiny fly species commonly arriving in the late spring and early summer, have emerged in Northeast Ohio. The insects spend most of their lives underwater before hatching when water ...