More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

BASALT – With the return of spring and daylight saving time, the trout fishing throughout the valley has been very good overall. The Fryingpan is seeing daily hatches of midges and blue-wing olive ...

During the winter, food sources in the river run lean. Midges are the predominant insect that keep trout moving in the cold months. While present in the watershed all year round, winter is where ...

When I sneaked away for a few hours’ fishing on a lower Hudson Valley year-round stream the last Sunday in November, I was hoping to convince a trout or two to eat a nymph. Post-Thanksgiving trout ...

If fishing a midge hatch isn’t one of the most difficult challenges that fly-fishers undertake, it’s certainly one of the quirkiest. I’d vote for it being the most difficult and the quirkiest if it ...

We all know that the Fryingpan River provides legendary winter fly-fishing, but the upper Roaring Fork is often overlooked by fishermen hungry for powder turns and hot toddies. However, winter ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

Food sources have been routine for trout. Midges have been the staple for months. Fish have been feeding on the mini bits of sustenance in an eat, eat, eat mode just to survive the cold, lean months.

Clay Henry is the Features Editor for the WholeHogSports Network. He created Hawgs Illustrated magazine in 1992 and was the ...

We all know that the Fryingpan River provides legendary winter fly fishing, but the upper Roaring Fork is often overlooked by fishermen hungry for powder turns and hot toddies. However, winter fly ...