Sometimes a caddis pattern will produce more fish if it is tied with a trailing shuck. That’s what caught my eye about this PT Caddis Peacock. When the caddis fly hatches at the surface, it leaves ...

If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, then I’m sure you will hear the same thing from all of the guides and shop-dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s best known ...

[dropcap letter=”A”]lvin Theriault was 11 when he tied his first fishing fly. “The material came from a Boy Scout kit,” he told me recently. “I tied several colorful feathers onto a hook, cast it into ...

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Besides that holiday with the flowers, candy and doubled restaurant prices, mid-February brings something else: the onset of dry fly fever. This is about the time of year when even people like me, who ...

A caddis fly spends most of its life underwater before it creeps or swims to the surface as a pupa. This transition is where a lot of trout make their living in the summer months. The All Purpose Rock ...