It’s not uncommon to see them crawling around on the snow along the bank. The cool part is, whether you’re fishing during a big stone hatch or not, trout will key in on these jet-black bugs. Most of ...

Also, stonefly nymphs are found on the stream bottom rocks in various stages of development and nymph patterns are typically fished successfully year-round on waters that have open regulations.

A great pattern to use that imitates a variety of adult stoneflies is the oft-overlooked Picket Pin. An older pattern, it's rarely seen for sale in fly shops, which means that most trout haven't ...

Umpqua is a leader in the fly-fishing industry and has some of the best fly tier patterns. Mercer’s Biot Epoxy stone is one of the Umpqua patterns fly fishers put a lot of faith in — and for good ...

A Skwalameister dry-fly pattern is a highly visible imitation of the adult skwala stonefly. (Rich Landers) Buy a print of this photo By Rich Landers [email protected] (509) 459-5508 ...

Inland Streams According to Drew Nisbet of Orvis Buffalo in Williamsville, our inland creeks for catch-and-release trout have been fishing incredibly well over the last two weeks of mild weather.