Bottom line: with its fuzzy body and subtle colors, the Hare's Ear Nymph looks like a tasty morsel to trout. If I don't know what nymph the trout are feeding on, this is always my first choice.

Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying up on common aquatic and terrestrial insects to better understand where and when trout might be feeding on them.

A final important aquatic insect for trout anglers is the midge. What they lack in size, they make up for in volume, which is why they are an important food source for trout in many waters.

In fly fishing, a nymph is both an aquatic insect in its larval stage and any fly pattern that mimics it. The three main categories of insects that trout gobble from coast to coast are mayflies ...

A comprehensive survey of river fly populations across England and Wales has found that falling numbers of the aquatic insects on which game fish such as trout, grayling and salmon feed, have gone ...

Pope et al. Changes in aquatic insect emergence in response to whole-lake experimental manipulations of introduced trout. Freshwater Biology , 2008; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02145.x Cite This ...

BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 8 (UPI) --The average day hiker in Glacier National Park is unlikely to notice the dwindling stonefly population in Montana. But trout are. The western glacier stonefly is one ...

Eight years ago on a Maine fly-fishing bulletin board, a young fly-fishing guide posted a comment that has stuck in my mind. He claimed that aquatic-insect hatches were so sporadic that he ...

Best Trout Flies When You Don’t Know What the Fish Are Feeding On Don't let a lack of knowledge stop you. These flies consistently catch trout, no matter the hatch or your fly fishing skill level.