Afternoon Sulphurs on Montana's spring creeks are really Baetis. Learn from John Mingo how to fish these hatches....MORE

Conquering Wyoming’s “white nightmare”. ...MORE

Just looking at a map of Rocky Mountain National Park rivets your attention. What you see at a glance is a peppering of 150 alpine lakes and a lacework of flowing water that adds up to 450 miles of streams. Learn which streams hold trout, where to access them, and the best times to fish them....MORE

A cutthroat and bull-trout fishery secluded in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness....MORE

"The South Fork is still one of those places where you can catch several dozen cutthroats in the 15- to 20-inch range in a single day on dry flies. It can be a pleasant change after you've had your butt kicked on the Henry's Fork." - Mike Lawson...MORE

If you enjoy dry-fly fishing for eager browns, rainbows, and cutts, author Greg Thomas recommends Montana's Gallatin River near Bozeman, Montana. ...MORE

The Lamar River and its tributaries offer summer fishing for native cutthroats in a splendid wilderness setting. Learn when to find the best fishing and what flies you'll need to match local hatches....MORE

An overview of the rivers and fishing in the Sun Valley/Ketchum region....MORE

Surrounded by great vistas, such as the Sleeping Indian, the Tetons, and Snow King Mountain, Wyoming's Flat Creek is a mountain meadow stream with native cutthroat trout and summer dry-fly fishing....MORE

Wyoming's North Platte River offers miles of quality fishing. Learn when are where to fish this river--from the freestone upper reaches near Colorado, to the tailwaters near Casper--from former North Platte guide Rod Walinchus....MORE

Scattered across the expansive Great Basin West, super-fertile reservoirs offer an abundance of fat trout awaiting fly anglers armed with float tubes and a serious sense of adventure....MORE

Colorado's rehabilitated Blue River is making a comeback. Learn from guide and author Pat Dorsey when and where to find the best fishing....MORE

Colorado's Eagle River is a fabulous high-mountain freestoner with rich hatches and eager browns and rainbows. Learn here its best seasons and hatches, and where to find the best fishing....MORE

The Roaring Fork may be Colorado's best freestone river. Learn from Ross Purnell when to find the river's famous Green Drake hatch, how to find great fishing in the off season, where to find the best walk-and-wade access and much more....MORE

Four sections of Colorado's largest river offer access to small to big water and hatches that bring trout to the surface....MORE

A wilderness canyon, a Kokanee salmon run, and a technical tailwater make the Gunnison one of the most complex and fascinating trout rivers in Colorado....MORE

The Mother's Day Caddis hatch is the main event on Colorado's once-polluted Arkansas River. Learn from author Bill Edgrinton were and when to experience this spectacular fishing....MORE

The Big Thompson and Poudre rivers are two of Coloado's most accessible trout streams. The highways that run along these rivers give anglers more than 60 miles of river access. In a state where access is restricted along many of the best trout streams, these two gems are like a breath of fresh air....MORE

South Park, with Spinney Mountain Reservoir, and more than 5 miles of walk-and-wade fishing on the "Dream Stream" (the South Platte), is one of Colorado's most dependable trophy trout areas....MORE

A brief list of patterns, techniques, and advice from fly-fishing legend Rene Harrop....MORE

From the midge-fishing meccas of the West, new patterns and tactics for tough trout across the country....MORE

Diptera is one of the most important, and least discussed, orders of insects for fly fishermen. Aquatic midges have long been recognized as an important food source, but terrestrial Diptera have mostly been overlooked. ...MORE

Mysis fed trout not only grow large, they often exhibit some of the most brilliant colorations for their species. Learn from Dan Wright how and when to target trout feeding on Mysis on some of Colorado's most popular tailwaters....MORE

Pteronarcys californica, commonly called salmonflies or willow flies, can provide the best dry-fly fishing of your life, or be the biggest let-down of your season. Learn here how to tilt the odds in your favor....MORE

The spring Blue-winged Olive hatch on Utah's Green River may be one of the best dry-fly experiences in the world. Learn here when and how to match this hatch....MORE

John Gierach is the author of several best-selling books including Trout Bum, Sex, Death and Flyfishing, and most recently, Another Lousy Day in Paradise. Here he describes his first day of fishing hoppers, and some effective hopper-fishing techniques and patterns he has learned since....MORE

The damselfly hatch is one of the most important insect emegerences on stillwaters throughout the West. Learn here how and where to find the hatch, and how to tie 25 of the most exciting new patterns....MORE

Cathy and Barry Beck reveal the six most important hatches on Montana's Bighorn River and when and how to fish them successfully. Includes a printable .pdf map of the river, a Cathy and Barry Beck slide show, and a downloadable desktop image for your PC....MORE

Callibaetis bring big "gulpers" to the surface of lakes and reservoirs across the West. Learn from author Greg Thomas where and when to find the best stillwater hatch of late summer. ...MORE

Learn to imitate this important stage of the caddis life cycle on and below the surface for incredible fishing through the summer....MORE

Learn to imitate this important stage of the caddis life cycle on and below the surface for incredible fishing through the summer....MORE