Tips & Tutorials
Most anglers fish the salmonfly hatch like a one-day event. The ones who understand the wave fish it for four to six weeks — moving up-elevation as warming water releases nymphs higher into the watershed each week. Here's how to map your own pilgrimage on any Western river.
Stoneflies are the biggest, meatiest insect in most Western rivers — and trout know it. Here's how to fish them year-round as nymphs, then capitalize on the salmonfly and golden stone dry fly window when it arrives.