Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

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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 ...

Fish a soft hackle fly by swinging it down-and-across through runs, dead-drifting it in a tandem nymph rig, stripping it like a streamer, or greasing it up to fish the surface film. The pattern's real ...

Nymphs, streamers and egg patterns will be very useful fly choices in April. A two-fly rig consisting of a weighted streamer or nymph with an egg pattern as the bottom fly should get a few fish to ...

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In this edition of The Morning Hatch: - Check out the latest episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast, featuring a legendary fly fishing guide. Podcast: 15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey - ...