The lower Eagle River water is off color. It is not quite muddy but more than milky — depending on what stretch of river you fish. Wolcott is where color begins to affect the Eagle River. Depending on ...

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If you spend much time around fly anglers who pursue trout, you’ll soon be subjected to detailed entomology lessons. Many trout fly anglers love studying aquatic insects because imitating those bugs ...

When I arrived back in the Midwest, the warmer than usual late-summer weather was replaced by a cold front that sunk air and water temperatures downward on the Fahrenheit scale. Refusing to be ...

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• Bitterroot River: Fishing remains pretty solid on the entire Bitterroot. The upper and middle river have some great nymphing opportunities right now as the Skwalas have appeared to be showing up in ...

“Nymphin’ NORM” has nothing against dry flies. If there’s a mayfly hatch on, he’ll float a dry. But, says the West Hills angler, “when I want to catch fish, I go nymphing.” Norm Strieck acquired his ...