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 ...

The caddis hatch – an eagerly awaited event for this angler if only so she can tie on a fly that she can actually see – has begun in earnest on the Colorado and lower Roaring Fork rivers.A dry caddis ...

The cool and clear water of the autumn freestone stream was somewhat slower than I remembered it at the end of May. As I stood a few feet out into the head of a long pool and was overshadowed by the ...

October fishing conditions should include cooler water temperatures and hopefully enough rain to raise stream water levels. A wide variety of flies will work in October. Terrestrials will provide some ...

For most people, fall means football. For John Rodriguez of Salem fall means fly fishing. Rodriguez is known as "Mr. Bugology" for his mini match-the-hatch clinics that serve as a preamble to Santiam ...

The lower Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers are starting to make the switch from blue-winged olives to caddis hatches. The first few days of the hatch are always interesting; it takes the fish a minute ...

Although the cool, clear water of the autumn freestone stream was somewhat slower than it had been at the end of May, standing a few feet out into the head of a long pool that was overshadowed by the ...