I just finished setting up the card table over the dogs’ kennel box in the back room. It’ll probably stay up at least until the trout opener, because it holds all the fly tying materials to the left ...

Here's a step-by-step of fly fisherman Gary Jones ' top three dry flies for the Mother's Day caddis hatch. Secure the thread on a size 16 dry fly hook and dub it with a blend of olive and grey dubbing ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Fly fisherman Gary Jones wasn't offering any predictions for when the Mother's Day caddis hatch ...

Here’s a dry fly reminiscent of the Goddard’s Caddis, one of my all-time favorite caddis patterns. With its wing and antennae it rides stable on the water and its profile makes it a great choice in ...

While winter keeps many of us focused on ice fishing and plenty of it, getting ready for the 2011 season of trout fishing is another. The process of removing the clutter of the past season on the ...

If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, then I’m sure you will hear the same thing from all of the guides and shop-dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s best known ...

Besides that holiday with the flowers, candy and doubled restaurant prices, mid-February brings something else: the onset of dry fly fever. This is about the time of year when even people like me, who ...

Caddis, caddis, caddis! If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, I’m sure you will hear same thing from all the guides and shop dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s ...

With a couple weeks left before emergence, the caddis larva transforms into a pupa, developing wings. Half an hour before hatching on the surface, it works its way out of its case and swims or floats ...