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Summer Fly Spotlight: Fulling Mill’s Tactical Light Cahill Parachute

There are a few insects that are synonymous with summer dry fly fishing in the west. If we narrow it down to the insect order of Ephemeroptera, which envelops our beloved mayflies,...

Summer Fly Spotlight: Fulling Mill’s Burkus’ Bareback Rider Gold Stone

Golden Stoneflies are one of the most important large insects that hatch here in the Western US. This bug is responsible for big, explosive dry fly eats in the summer. It is also p...

Hi-Vis Peacock Beetle: Versatile Summer Terrestrial Tying Tutorial

The doldrums of summer have arrived, things are hot, trout are ornery, and aquatic insect hatches are dwindling in the lower sections of our rivers. We are entering a transitionary...

Insect Crossbreeds with Urchin

Dropshotting is entering a new era. The Flutter GIZMO brings Japanese design innovation to North American bass anglers, combining an intricate insect profile with multi-appendage a...

Simon’s Summer Searching Caddis

Anglers all over the world have fond memories of banner summer days with endless caddis dry fly eats. Caddis dries cast an appealing silhouette that trout can’t resist when they ar...

Jigged Low Tide Pheasant Tail: A Great Nymph for the Dog Days of Summer

The dog days of summer can be a difficult time to fish. Despite the favorable weather for us, trout start to get a bit unhappy during the peak of summer. Their feeding can be spora...

Shorty Hopper: Fantastic Subtle Hopper Pattern

Grasshoppers become a staple in a trout’s diet in the late summer. Trout will often move several feet to pick up a hopper off the surface. This has given rise to the term “Hopper S...

Tiny Divers Challenge a Major Theory About Ocean Insects

Pressure-resistant air sacs allow lake fly larvae to dive hundreds of meters and complicate a long-standing theory about ocean insects. Each day, billions of lake fly larvae vanish...

Sloshed Ant: Jigged Sunken Ant Pattern for Keyed in Trout Late in the Summer

As summer drones on and comes to a close, terrestrials become more important than ever, and their importance does not stop on the surface. Sunken terrestrials are a fantastic searc...

Driftless Cricket V2 Dry Fly Tying Tutorial

Crickets are an often overlooked insect under the more broad “terrestrial” umbrella of insects. When people thing of terrestrial season, hoppers are typically the first insect that...

Simon’s Jigged Simpleton Scud: A Great Option for Stillwater Venues and Spring Creeks

Scuds aren’t an important food source for trout for trout everywhere, but where they are on the menu, you better have a few options in your box. If you’re not familiar with scuds,...

Scientists stunned as African lake fly larvae defy deep-sea survival limits

Lake fly larvae in Lake Malawi exhibit a remarkable daily vertical migration. These Chaoborus edulis larvae possess specialized air sacs for buoyancy control. A unique pH-powered...

The fifth wave intensifies

The blistering and stifling heat continues but by the looks of the forecast it's getting cooler on Sunday. Therefore I went all in again with four moth traps out in the garden and...

Use Traditional Bug Baits to Catch More Bass This Fall

These creepy-crawlers draw strikes from big bass at summer's end The post Use Traditional Bug Baits to Catch More Bass This Fall appeared first on Outdoor Life.

Moth Mig

The heatwave continues and there has been a noticeable increase in the number of migrant moths. Isaac woke me up again so I was out in the garden at 430am again, early enough to po...

Here’s How to Catch Giant Smallmouth Bass on Topwater Bugs During the Chillest Bite of Summer

Smallmouth expert Tim Landwehr shares his subtle secrets to catching more smallies on bugs The post Here’s How to Catch Giant Smallmouth Bass on Topwater Bugs During the Chillest B...

Nature Trail: Damselflies mate on warm, calm, sunny days so their breeding season will be ending soon

324-million-year-old insect still had swimming paddles

A remarkable fossil unearthed in Texas sheds light on the evolutionary journey of insects transitioning from aquatic to terrestrial life. This ancient species featured paddle-like...

Texas fossil reveals early insects kept aquatic limbs during move onto land

The formation of complex terrestrial ecosystems was a significant innovation in the evolutionary history of life on Earth. This event signified the expansion of life beyond marine...

The 12 Best Flies for Catching Bass

These tried-and-true patterns will catch largemouth and smallmouth everywhere they swim The post The 12 Best Flies for Catching Bass appeared first on Outdoor Life.

New Solarez Top Coat 77 Gloss: UV Resin Specifically for Coating Your Summer Foam Terrestrials

It is about that time of year where much of what we are throwing is constructed from foam. Terrestrial season is upon us, in the last 15-20 years, the commercial fly scene has seen...

The fourth wave

It's back up to nearly 30 C today and across the country even higher temperatures. I've been working in London yesterday and stuck in the office again today but there has been some...

Experts: Warm, wet weather prompts surge of gnat populations; more bees & stinkbugs coming

Warm, wet weather is bringing a surge of biting insects in some areas, while stinging insects will be growing their nests soon.

Summer Heat Pushes Arizona Anglers to High Country Waters