Insect Hatch Guide

Complete guide to Ant fly fishing patterns. Learn when and how to fish Ant imitations for trout during terrestrial hatches. Includes hatch timing, pattern re...

Complete guide to Aquatic Worm fly fishing. Learn Aquatic Worm hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Master Attractor Streamer fly fishing patterns and techniques. Learn best imitations, presentation methods, and when to use Attractor Streamer patterns for t...

Complete guide to Beetle fly fishing patterns. Learn when and how to fish Beetle imitations for trout during terrestrial hatches. Includes hatch timing, patt...

Black Caddis emerge in massive spring hatches around Mother's Day. Learn pupa swing tactics, afternoon timing, and the best small dark fly patterns.

BWOs hatch heaviest on the nastiest days — rain, snow, cold. Learn why emergers outfish dries, the right sizes by season, and spinner fall tactics.

Brown Drakes bring spinner falls so thick the water boils at dusk. Learn to target sandy-bottom burrower habitat and fish the evening chaos.

Brown trout eggs are a top fall food source. Learn orange egg patterns, dead-drift rigging below redds, and ethical tactics during Oct-Dec spawn season.

Complete guide to Caddisflies (Trichoptera) fly fishing. Learn Caddisflies (Trichoptera) hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this im...

Western lakes' #1 mayfly hatch runs May–Sept. Time multi-brood emergences, fish wind lanes, and match dries to cruising trout — FlyGuys has live hatch charts.

Lake trout eat chironomid pupae 80-90% of the time. Master indicator depth, the static retrieve, and bomber-sized patterns that produce trophy fish.

Complete guide to Cicada fly fishing patterns. Learn when and how to fish Cicada imitations for trout during terrestrial hatches. Includes hatch timing, patt...

Complete guide to Cluster Midge fly fishing. Learn Cluster Midge hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Master Crayfish fly fishing patterns and techniques. Learn best imitations, presentation methods, and when to use Crayfish patterns for trout. Includes hatch...

Complete guide to Cricket fly fishing. Learn Cricket hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source. Includes ...

Complete guide to Damselfly fly fishing. Learn Damselfly hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Complete guide to Dragonfly fly fishing. Learn Dragonfly hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Flavs hatch during spring runoff when trout are hungry. Learn emergence timing, the best clinger nymph rigs, and dry fly patterns for sizes 10-14.

Golden stones hatch for weeks after salmonflies end. Learn why Pat's Rubber Legs is the #1 Western nymph and how to fish big dries into…

When August wind blows hoppers onto the water, big trout go ballistic. Learn splat casts, bank-hugging drifts, and the best foam hopper patterns.

Complete guide to Gray Drake fly fishing. Learn Gray Drake hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Green Drakes are the largest Western mayflies — big enough to bring 20-inch fish to the surface. Learn to time this short, intense summer hatch.

Learn about the Green Sedge (Rhyacophila), a free-living caddisfly vital for trout in freestone rivers. Discover larva patterns, hatch timing, and fishing tips.

Complete guide to Hexagenia fly fishing. Learn Hexagenia hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Complete guide to Juvenile Trout fly fishing. Learn Juvenile Trout hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food sou...

Master Leech fly fishing patterns and techniques. Learn best imitations, presentation methods, and when to use Leech patterns for trout. Includes hatch timin...

Complete guide to Little Black Stonefly fly fishing. Learn Little Black Stonefly hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important ...

Complete guide to Little Yellow Stonefly fly fishing. Learn Little Yellow Stonefly hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this importan...

Mahogany Duns hatch on the dreariest fall days when nothing else is moving. Learn to match these slim #16-18 mayflies and double up with BWOs.

Complete guide to March Brown fly fishing. Learn March Brown hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Complete guide to Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) fly fishing. Learn Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this importan...

Complete guide to Midge fly fishing. Learn Midge hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source. Includes hatc...

Complete guide to Midnight Stone fly fishing. Learn about the nocturnal Claassenia sabulosa, its life cycle, and the best large nymph patterns to target trophy…

Master Minnow fly fishing patterns and techniques. Learn best imitations, presentation methods, and when to use Minnow patterns for trout. Includes hatch tim...

Complete guide to Mother's Day Caddis fly fishing. Learn Mother's Day Caddis hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trou...

Whitefish eggs are cream to pale yellow (not orange). Spawning Oct-Dec floods tailwaters with protein trout devour. ID guide + egg pattern tips.

Mysis shrimp create football-shaped trout on the Frying Pan, Blue, and Taylor. Learn transparent fly patterns, sight-fishing tactics, and depth tricks.

October Caddis egg-laying creates fall's best dry fly fishing. Learn when females dive underwater, how trout respond, and the patterns that trigger explosive strikes.

Complete guide to Other Aquatic fly fishing. Learn Other Aquatic hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Complete guide to Pale Evening Dun fly fishing. Learn Pale Evening Dun hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout…

PMDs define Western summer dry fly fishing. Learn why cripple patterns outperform dries, the morning emergence window, and spinner tactics.

Rainbow trout eggs range from pale orange to bright red. See real egg photos, spawning timing (spring), and why egg patterns work after the hatch.

Match the Red Quill hatch with timing cues, proven fly patterns, and presentation tips for better trout fishing.

Complete guide to Saddle Case Caddis fly fishing. Learn Saddle Case Caddis hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout…

3-inch salmonflies trigger the wildest dry fly fishing of the year. Learn to track the traveling hatch, fish tight to banks, and why the splat…

Orange scud fly pattern for tailwaters. Scud aquatic insect identification, colors, sizes 14-18. Dead shrimp patterns for trout.

Master Sculpin fly fishing patterns and techniques. Learn best imitations, presentation methods, and when to use Sculpin patterns for trout. Includes hatch t...

Skwalas are the first big bug of spring — hatching before runoff when trout are starving. Learn the egg-laying skitter and pre-runoff timing.

Sowbugs carpet tailwater bottoms by the thousands. Learn dead-drift tactics, the Ray Charles pattern, and why this flat crustacean outfishes scuds.

Complete guide to Spotted Sedge fly fishing. Learn Spotted Sedge hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Complete guide to Spruce Moth fly fishing. Learn Spruce Moth hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.

Complete guide to Stonefly (Plecoptera) fly fishing. Learn Stonefly (Plecoptera) hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important ...

The complete guide to streamer fishing for trout. Master big fish tactics, best patterns like Woolly Buggers, and techniques for catching predatory brown trout.

Complete guide to Sulfur fly fishing. Learn Sulfur hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source. Includes ha...

Complete guide to Terrestrial Insects fly fishing patterns. Learn when and how to fish Terrestrial Insects imitations for trout during terrestrial hatches.

Complete guide to Traveling Sedge fly fishing. Learn Traveling Sedge hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food s...

Tricos hatch in clouds so thick they look like smoke. Master the early morning spinner fall, cluster patterns, and the micro-drag-free drift.

Complete guide to Yellow Sally fly fishing. Learn Yellow Sally hatches, life cycles, and the best fly patterns for matching this important trout food source.