More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

Food sources have been routine for trout. Midges have been the staple for months. Fish have been feeding on the mini bits of sustenance in an eat, eat, eat mode just to survive the cold, lean months.

Should you get into Euro nymphing? Well, consider this: If you’re interested in fast cars, your experts are NASCAR and Formula 1. If you’re into basketball, perhaps your role models are the NBA. And ...

GOTHAM FC FORWARD Margaret “Midge” Purce—the two-time National Women’s Soccer League champion, entrepreneur, and activist—has the same 24 hours in a day as everyone else. She swears. “I scroll a lot ...

The Zebra Midge was originally designed by Arizona-based fly fishing guide Ted Welling in 1996 to imitate the pupal stage of midges. Welling guides along the Lee’s Ferry section of the Colorado River, ...

It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the coming season: Akin to Charlie Craven’s Two-Bit Hooker, this Dream Cast pattern ...

CLEVELAND — They're back, and they're everywhere. A fresh swarm of midges has descended on Northeast Ohio this week, coating cars, windows, buildings, and anything else in their path. The tiny, ...

I have a new favorite nymph pattern that I have dubbed — pun intended — Dan’s Killer Rubber Leg Nymph. For those of you unfamiliar with fly tying terminology, dubbing is a common fly-tying material, ...

Summer is almost here, and the bugs are arriving, too: The warmer weather has brought new concerns about midges, ticks and much-disdained spotted lanternflies. Here’s what to know about possible ...

It's the time of year when swarms of mayflies and midges arrive in the Erie area. These insects have short lifespans, ranging from a couple hours to a few weeks. While not quite of biblical plague ...

CLEVELAND — No, that’s not a plume of smoke rising from Lake Erie to signify the selection of the new Pope, that’s just a big cloud of bugs indicating that it’s officially midge season in Northeast ...