While the original black-bodied chironomid pupa patterns are still effective, fly fishers have learned that trout often and sometimes suddenly switch their preference for patterns with bodies of ...

The chironomid is one of the many aquatic bugs that are commonly known as midges. These little guys are very small and will, by their hatching process, give the angler fits. Chironomids will ride in ...

While most fly fishers were trying to subdue rainbow trout at Coffeepot Lake two weekends ago, others were entertained by not-so-fishy things going on in and above the water. Coffeepot, a long, ...