Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

Each year during late summer on the rivers around Vail, many anglers and the trout they are targeting begin to focus on the annual grasshopper hatch. This year, the hopper fishing has already been ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...