… There’s a whole mess bugs classified as terrestrials. No matter the insect, when a breeze blows any of these land-based trout snacks into the river, it doesn’t last long. In late summer , when ...

It's hopper time. And it's ant time. And it's beetle time. The final weeks of summer and on into early fall, it's the time when land bugs and terrestrial fly patterns become an important part of a ...

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BILLINGS — Fly fishing enthusiasts are enjoying fishing terrestrial patterns during these dog days of summer. Whether tying on an Ant, Cricket, Beetle or Hopper, anglers have the chance to experience ...

As kids growing up in rural Oregon, my brother and I always had an important stop before we headed out for a day of fishing. We had to collect bait. For roughly 10 months of the year, that meant ...

The black ant crawled to the top of the mustard-colored goldenrod plant that was leaning over the bank of the stream when a breeze dislodged the insect from the top of the weed and into the water’s ...

You’ve seen the name taped to drawers and labeled on cups in fly shops. But what exactly is a terrestrial? Terrestrials encompass a huge variety of insects that live around land, either on land or ...

Fall is hopper season on many trout rivers. These are the ones to keep in your fly box.

There are those anglers who tell you that fly-fishing with one or the other terrestrial patterns is as automatic as fishing gets. Then these geniuses prove it by using the method they describe to ...