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 ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...

Fly patterns you should be tying up for your box right now! By Kyle Wilkinson Kyle in the outside Jan 13, 2026 0 2 min to read 1 of 4 ...

It’s rare that a single fly pattern can work every day and in every situation on a western trout stream, but I’d argue that Rim Chung’s RS2 Emerger comes pretty darn close. Rim’s personally tied RS2s ...

Eating crawfish when they're in-season is recommended because that's when the crustaceans are of the best quality, as they are large in size, more tender and their shells are easier to peel. November ...

It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the coming season: Akin to Charlie Craven’s Two-Bit Hooker, this Dream Cast pattern ...

Williams recognized the extremely rare bilateral color variation, a mutation he had previously read about in lobsters and observed in an American redstart bird. The class brought the crayfish back to ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

What Is a Crawfish? Crawfish vs. Crayfish: Which Is Correct? Crawfish in Other Countries Crawfish Habitats No matter where you live, you’ve probably heard people talk about crawfish, crayfish, and ...

It’s a random morning in mid-August. You pour your first cup of coffee, glance at your phone and step outside to let the dog out. Then it hits you. The undeniable freshness that tells you autumn is ...

Discover nature this week with Missouri's crayfish. While coastal lobsters are famous, their downsized relative, the crayfish (also called crawdad) lives in obscurity right here in Midwestern waters.

Eric Larson, a key figure in this groundbreaking research, shared an interesting perspective on the biological world: “I think we underestimate how rich the biological world around us can be,” he said ...