massive hatches of mayflies draw trout to the surface and anglers to the river’s edge in a strange dance of predator and prey. There are nights in the month of June when I think I would rather enjoy ...

Among fly fishers, the words are spoken with a kind of reverence. "The Hex hatch." Duluth fly-fisher Dave Zentner, 80, has been chasing the hatch for more than 50 years on rivers like Wisconsin's ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...