Area fly fishers have been doing some deep thinking on techniques for fishing the amazingly productive chironomid pupa patterns. Generally, floating lines and long tippets have been used to hook ...

But fly choices can puzzle anglers lacking stillwater fly-fishing experience. Here are five flat water flies to increase your chance of success. Chironomids are insects that thrive in stillwaters. The ...

His favorite fly was a small black leech with a fluorescent ... Others have done well fishing small chironomids, say a size 18, at similar depths. Still others say there can be some good insect ...

Many troll a wet fly, managing speed and direction with foot power, oars or electric motor. A second popular technique involves dropping an anchor and fishing a chironomid pattern on long leader ...

They eventually leave the bottom and slowly reach the surface, where they emerge and fly away as adults. Rainbow trout key on chironomids ... so does fishing success. As recently as 2015, creel ...

Stillwater fly fishing can seem daunting to those who ... It took months for me to figure out how to pronounce chironomid (kuh-ron-uh-mid) and about as long to realize a wooly bugger is not ...

I'd guess most fly anglers find themselves frequently baffled when fishing chironomids in spring in lakes just stuffed with chironomids, trout avidly feeding on these often tiny flies. Phillip ...

Ted Poston organizes his gear before venturing out for a day of trolling flies on Quincy Lake. Courtesy Dennis Dauble Any text message that begins with “Let’s go fishing!” should lead to ...

They eventually leave the bottom and slowly reach the surface, where they emerge and fly away as adults. Rainbow trout key on chironomids ... so does fishing success. As recently as 2015, creel ...