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BASALT – Mother’s Day caddis. These three words make fisherman shutter in their wading boots as spring finally takes hold. Though the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers have good mayfly hatches, both ...

DECKERS — Almost overnight, spring had turned to summer along the South Platte River. Streamside willows had leafed out, lush green grasses carpeted its banks, and here and there, under the early ...

BASALT – Caddis, caddis, caddis. That’s the talk of the town for anglers throughout the Roaring Fork Valley right now. There’s no doubt that the single biggest benefit of a low-water year is the ...

SALIDA — Catching a fish on the first cast can be considered an omen or a jinx. On one hand, you nailed it, did exactly what you set out to do. Mission accomplished. On the other, where do you go from ...

It didn't seem right not to have what could be flyfishing's most productive and timeless dry fly as number one on my list, or anybody's list for that matter. Out of all the dry flies I have fished ...

OUTSTUDY – They’re known as cased caddis, rock rollers or periwinkles to kids probing rocky streams and fly fishermen who imitate caddis flies in their various life stages to catch trout. But these ...

Instead of stitches and screws, doctors are looking to the next generation of medical adhesives — glues and tape — to patch us up. Their inspiration? Water-loving creatures like oysters, marine worms ...