It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...

The wooly bugger is arguably the best-known fly pattern in the world, often the first fly a beginning fly fisherman ties and fishes. It is easy to tie, easy to fish and remarkably effective for a ...

Time was, mid-February saw the avid fly fisherman gnawing the bars of winter, waiting for April the way a caged lion waits for dinner. If he had nimble fingers and a good sense of color he might ...

The staple flies for catching trout from the Beaver tailwaters are various patterns of midges, scuds and sowbugs. But suppose you had to place all your hopes on a single solitary fly, win or lose.

While visiting my brother years ago, my family and I went fishing in a small lake located just down the hill from his home. The lake, kind of an overflow area adjacent to the Colorado River, is known ...

Alpine lakes in the Snowy Range are fishing well with parachute Adams, elk hare’s caddis and beetle patterns. Anglers can also try thin mint woolly buggers. Try grasshoppers, ants and blue winged ...

American: The lake was stocked Monday with 2,500 rainbow trout weighing almost 1 pound each. Munn: The lake is fishing really well. Fly-anglers are using leech and Woolly Bugger patterns, while others ...