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Wherever mountain streams run clean and support wild trout, anglers chase them with the Humpy. Originally named the “Horner Deer Hair Fly” after its creator Jack Horner sometime in the 1940s the Humpy ...

Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

Behningia baei McCafferty & Jacobus, 2006. A. Fine sand grains from the microhabitat. B. Live specimen, dorsal view. C. Live specimen, sand burrowing behaviour. D. Live specimen, ventral view. (Image: ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

The Great Lakes region's annual mayfly hatch, when the aquatic insects emerge in their winged form to mate, usually happens in late June to early July. The mayflies have such a short life span in ...

Reviews were mixed from the anglers I spoke to. Some caught them on big, bushy dry flies, others not at all. The reports held true that the salmonflies were here but cool weather and rain had stifled ...

WASHINGTON — It's time to kill spotted lanternflies nymphs again. People in D.C., Maryland and Virginia have started noticing the first stage of the planthopper's life cycle — early nymphs — out and ...

Scientists scooped sand from a riverbed in Thailand and found two nymphs of rare mayfly species not seen in 22 years, a study said. Photo from Kwanboon and Boonsoong (2025) Knee-deep in a river of ...