Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

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 ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — We'll sit down with expert fly tyer Tom Lienhard and watch as he ties up a sulfur emerger dry fly.

A dry fly that's sure to catch you fish.