One of these caught fish, while the others didn't / Photo by Ken Baldwin Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...

Use elk-hair caddis. Or use hopper patterns (including Jack Cabes and foam hoppers) and beadhead lightning bugs, pheasant tails and red Copper John for droppers. — Rainbow Run Fly Shop. Tongue River ...

Tongue River Marina. Yellowstone River, Columbus: It’s finally starting to fish well with large foam hopper patterns. Pound the banks, riffles and pools. Stillwater Anglers, Columbus. Yellowstone ...

My fly-fishing pals finally let on that the grasshopper fishing had been incredible for the past month. I’d been fishing high lakes and streams in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area for most of the ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...