Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It's a classic hatch. Swarms of caddis flies emerging from the green waters of the Yellowstone ...

LIVINGSTON — May is a month when trout gorge. Following a long winter of fairly skimpy food, the emergence of the prolific Mother's Day caddis provides an opportunity for gluttony. Fly anglers rejoice ...

Discover the legendary Elk Hair Caddis fly created by Al Troth in 1957. Learn why this durable, easy-to-tie pattern remains one of fly fishing's most effective and versatile dry flies.

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 ...

The mayfly may be the “fly” in fly-fishing, but caddis flies are at least as important a source of food to trout — far more important, in fact, on some streams. Still, the number of fly patterns ...

Marsha Stipe lives near the Columbia River in Richland and pretty much every day she goes for a walk along the scenic path. “Well, they’re quite annoying I’ll say that,” Stipe said. She’s talking ...

If you spend much time around fly anglers who pursue trout, you’ll soon be subjected to detailed entomology lessons. Many trout fly anglers love studying aquatic insects because imitating those bugs ...

When I fish a trout river that’s new to me, I often stop into a local fly shop to pick up a few dry flies. Every river has its own special patterns, and I’m a sucker for these. I thought it was a ...

What lurks beneath the surface of your local creek? OSU professor emeritus Judy Li has your answer. OSU professor emeritus Judy Li's lifelong love of all the critters that make their homes in our ...