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 ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

Trout fishermen are starting to rely on hopper-dropper rigs more and more as the calendar has turned to August. Anglers use a strong-floating hopper as their first fly and then hang a beadhead nymph, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Hebgen Lake-Quake Lake: Fishing has been better between the lakes recently as the water temps at ...

Bighorn River: Hopper fishing has really turned on and the river has dropped below 7,000 cfs. Tricos are still working, as are black caddis. Firebead soft-hackle sowbugs, soft-hackle Ray Charles and ...

Smallmouth bass are biting on the Yellowstone River in the Huntley area, lake fishermen are beginning to catch more trout from the bank, brown trout are preparing for the spawn and anglers can still ...

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 ...