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October 2026 Trout Fishing Report: Fall hatches are here & Trout are happy

Fall seems like it has finally shown up. We are seeing our familiar fall faces in terms of our 6 legged friends. Afternoon/evening hatches of October Caddis, Mahogany Duns, Blue Wi...

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...

Tech Ant: Terrestrial Dry Fly Tying Tutorial

Ants are still on the menu for some time, and trout are still keeping a keen eye open for them. The issue with many ant patterns is that they are overdressed and the body profile i...

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...

Taxonomic study describes nine new Panamanian microcaddisfly species

A Panamanian taxonomic study described nine new microcaddisfly species from Hydroptilidae, raising the country’s recorded caddisfly fauna to 544 species.

Use Traditional Bug Baits to Catch More Bass This Fall

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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...

Simon’s Staple Perdigon: Hot Fly this fall

The Perdigon once started as a pattern, not serves as an entire family or style of fly patterns. Perdigon, which translates in French to “shot or pellet” presumably for its streaml...

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 most overlooked Soft Hackle Feather in the Game: European Starling Skin Material Spotlight

Fishing with soft hackles is one of the oldest methods of targeting trout on the fly. A soft hackle, for those who do not know, is a slim, bodied fly with a palmered, or wrapped, c...

Manure-Grown Bloodworms Could Replace Costly Imported Fish Feed for Catfish Fry

In the forested region of Guinea, where fish farming is expanding rapidly but imported fry feed remains expensive and unreliable, a team of researchers has demonstrated that a humb...

Fall’s Smartest Layer

Fall fishing calls for reliable warmth. Whitewater Fishing’s Thermoclyne Hooded Jacket and Vest return as customer favorites, earning impressive ratings of 5.0 and 4.8 stars. Both...

Jigged Articulated Sculpin

Sculpins make up a large portion of large trout’s diets. These bottom dwelling fish come from a massive family of fishes that even extend into the ocean. Our freshwater variants ar...