Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

Trout fishermen are starting to rely on hopper-dropper rigs more and more as the calendar has turned to August. Anglers use a strong-floating hopper as their first fly and then hang a beadhead nymph, ...

Bighorn River: Hopper fishing has really turned on and the river has dropped below 7,000 cfs. Tricos are still working, as are black caddis. Firebead soft-hackle sowbugs, soft-hackle Ray Charles and ...

Beaverhead River — We have hoppers, flying ants and craneflies around. You will find tricos up near the dam right now, and the best terrestrial fishing on the lower sections around Pipe Organ Bridge.

has been fishing good. There is lots of dry fly action on top and we are starting to see hoppers in the water. The hopper action hasn' t turned on yet, but the trout are looking at them. Attractors, ...