Use repellants on exposed skin if you must be outdoors. Oil of lemon eucalyptus, picaridin and higher concentrations of DEET ...

Not a nymph, not a dry fly, but somewhere in between. Fly fishing with emerger flies can be a game-changer during the early stages of a hatch.

If you are mainly into fishing dry flies, you would need to change very little except for the fly to fish a soft hackle. Your ...

Hook more smallmouth bass on the fly. Learn the top 6 fly patterns for smallies, from topwater takes to bottom crawling crayfish.

While some states still have formal trout openers, most allow year-round fishing so anglers can get out there even during the depths of winter. Although trout need cold water to survive, when ...

Studies of our mosquito and black fly populations are rare –- would you want to earn your PhD counting blood-sucking insects? — but a few hard-bitten researchers have unearthed shocking results.

The MT Fly Gals group periodically plans fishing trips, camping trips and workshops like fly-tying clinics.

Here's more on the black flies in Michigan: What are black flies? Photo of a black fly. Black flies are a small, flying insect that bite animals including humans to suck their blood.

Shawn LeZott, Black Hills fly fishing guide, shows one of the many brown trout we caught from Spearfish Creek. While browns are the most numerous, rainbow trout dominate some stretches of the creek.

Whoops! You left the door open, and one of the world’s least favorite flying guests just zipped inside: the house fly. Flies are everywhere, buzzing around your food, waste, and everything in ...

Black flies are small, gnat-like insects that swarm and bite, causing itchy welts. Peak black fly season in Michigan is mid-May to mid-June, primarily in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower ...