Consejos y tutoriales
One week the river is low and clear, and the next there's a leaf in every seam and something on the hook after every other drift. The trout haven't stopped eating; the trick is getting a clean fly in front of them. How to read what the leaves are telling you, find a lane you can fish, strip the rig down, tell a leaf from a take, and know when it's time to move.
By October most of the fly box has gone small. Then a big orange caddis comes fluttering up the bank. How the October Caddis hatch works, where and when to look for it on western rivers, why to start with a pupa near the bank, and three ways to fish the dry — dead-drifted, skated and waked.
Cooler mornings are a good excuse to make room in the fly box. What to set aside as terrestrial season winds down, what stays in year round, the small mayflies, midges and streamers worth adding, and how to give the summer flies some care before they go on the shelf.
As fall fades and water temps drop, trout trade mayflies for meat. Learn why sculpins dominate the late-season menu and discover the best patterns—from classic Muddlers to modern streamers—to fool big, cold-water trout.
The river looks empty in late October — no rises, no bugs in the air, nothing moving on the surface you'd think twice about. The fish are still there, holding a foot off the bottom and eating steadily. Here's how to reach them: five rigs sorted by water type, the drift and strike-detection skills that make them work, and twenty flies that keep producing once the water drops below 50°F.
