this spring and early summer calls for big bugs that land with a splat. Because the major emergences are infrequent, cicada patterns may not be on every angler’s annual checklist of must-have flies.

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

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 ...

Bozeman-area fly-fishing guide, fly designer and tyer Willy Self will be tying and demonstrating his lake fly patterns at East Rosebud Fly and Tackle on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. East Rosebud Fly and ...