I’m perusing yet another entomology tome that discusses the phases aquatic insects endure to finally get their wings, each author insists the “post-lactating-pre-nuptial” phase is overlooked by anglers, and fish knock snot out of flies that imitate it.
A dark spinner, looks innocent enough and you’ve got plenty in your flybox..

I got your “phase” right here, buddy. It’s [...]

One of those oddball factoids you stumble across quite by accident, “..why does aquatic insect activity peak at dawn and dusk?” I’ve heard many explanations, assuming the lower air temperatures played the largest role in mating behavior.
It appears that low light conditions actually allow the bugs to detect water better - so the egg [...]

For the newly christened fly fisherman entomology is one of many disciplines that you didn’t know you needed to know. It’s all part of the initial onslaught that demands attention; learning how to cast, accumulating an outfit, where to go, what to do when you get there, then suddenly bugs, and even worse, Latin and [...]