Pale Morning Duns are one of the prettiest bugs that exist in our local rivers. World-renowned fly tyer AK Best calls it the “glamour hatch.” We see adults in hues pink through yellow, and the nymphs ...

Green drake mayflies will be hatching soon — are you ready? The drake hatch is one of many reasons Basalt and the Roaring Fork Valley is considered Mecca for fly fishers around the world. We (and the ...

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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 ...