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Anglers await arrival of phantoms as Mother’s Day caddis hatch heats up

| May 6, 2010

The late Montana fly fisherman and author Gary LaFontaine once wrote of the reverence anglers must have to successfully fish a caddis hatch. “The reason caddisflies will always be a bit of a mystery is that they are phantoms,” LaFontaine wrote in “Trout Flies: Proven Patterns.” “Caddisflies demand faith. When a trout feeds on them [...]

Running out of tying time? Here’s 3 quick flies for the Mother’s Day caddis hatch

| May 3, 2010

Every year it seems to be the same story … I’ve spent another winter snowboarding, skiing and fishing instead of hunkered down tying flies and filling my fly box. Sure, I tie a few midges patterns here and there to fill the gaps through the winter, but it seem inevitable that by the time the [...]