[dropcap letter=”A”]lvin Theriault was 11 when he tied his first fishing fly. “The material came from a Boy Scout kit,” he told me recently. “I tied several colorful feathers onto a hook, cast it into ...

Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

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

If there are three adjectives that could be used to describe a fishing fly that guarantees it earns a place in most anglers’ fly boxes, durable, easy to tie, and effective would top the list. Al Troth ...

Wading streams with a fly rod in hand may be the most traditional approach to the sport, but floating rivers in a raft or driftboat, leisurely watching the scenery pass by, has its merits too. The ...

Spotted lanternflies are widespread in Franklin County, and residents should control them when found. Marigolds do not repel mosquitoes; their presence in a landscape has no impact on mosquito ...

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 ...

There's something special about watching a trout take a dry fly. It's a mix of art, patience, and excitement. Out of all the countless dry flies that have survived the ages, not many are more ...

Tip of the week: Lake Wenatchee has opened for sockeye fishing with a daily limit of four fish. Although the run was downgraded from the original forecast of 94,000 to 46,000, there are still plenty ...

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 ...

In this edition of The Morning Hatch: - SUPs (Stand Up Paddle Boards), big Tarpon, and an "unknown" jungle lagoon. All with a fly rod. - Why are Nymph Patterns so effective? This article doesn't claim ...

For many around New York City, “Catskills” conjures icy ski hills, cabins and firepits, and timeworn summer camps — the places to which tri-state parents dispatch kids for enforced Bible and Torah ...