One of these caught fish, while the others didn't / Photo by Ken Baldwin Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect ...

Last week, I wrote about my four favorite hopper-style flies that work wonders on our local rivers and creeks. This week is all about the flies we place below the hopper, the dropper fly. Most dropper ...

— Chip Warren, Bighorn Fly and Tackle, Billings. Boulder River — Use parachute hoppers. The trout are taking hoppers all day. There is some PMD activity. Caddis and royal Wulffs are taking fish. — Rob ...

This is a special time of year because nearly every insect is hatching, from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis and craneflies. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local rivers have ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

For more information, check out The Gazette's weekly fishing guide:Montana Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains - Excellent fishing is occurring in the mountain lakes. Have parachute Adams, small hoppers, ...

Bighorn River — It is fishing very well. The flow was 1,470 cubic feet per second Tuesday. The water tem peratures are in the mid to high 40s. Nymphs that are working are: a orange woven-body Tucker ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

This is a special time of year because nearly every insect is hatching from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis, and craneflies. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local rivers have ...

Nearly every insect is hatching — from green drakes to PMDs, BWOs, midges, caddis and craneflies on local rivers, especially the Fryingpan River. Along with the plethora of aquatic insects, local ...