The bite on the Beaverhead River has been consistent as we enter the cranefly and hopper season. Anglers are experiencing excellent trout fishing in the morning and late afternoons.

I know the name is misleading, but an olive Amy's Ant imitates a hopper as well as many appropriately named hopper patterns. The Amy's Ant is also buoyant enough to hold up a size 16-18 tungsten ...

Hopper fishing demands heavier than normal tippet, and throwing a 3x leader is not unusual. This helps turn over bulky, wind resistant fly patterns, keeps the tippet from twisting and allows anglers ...

You can also use large attractor flies behind a torpedo bobber. Try hopper patterns, stimulators, elk hair caddis and other large, high-floating flies. Don't try to match any hatch.

Trout are hitting on a "Mystery Meat Hopper?" Yes, that's exactly what was reported for the Yellowstone River at Livingston.

In late-summer, terrestrials can catch some of the biggest trout of the year. Here are the best patterns and tips for fishing these bug flies.

Anyone immersed in the sport of fly fishing, especially for trout, have heard of the popular presentation technique called the hopper-dropper. Not only does the catchy name roll off your tongue with a ...

Trout fishermen continue to use hopper and dropper setups, using a floating hopper pattern as their upper fly and a small nymph as a trailer.

I’ve caught bodacious brook trout, broad-shouldered brown trout and rascally rainbow trout using a Dave’s Hopper on streams all over mid-and northern Michigan.

Hopper patterns are still a good bet. Foam hoppers are working. No other hatches, but beadhead nymphs are also taking trout including red copper johns, lightning bugs and prince nymphs.