More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the coming season: Akin to Charlie Craven’s Two-Bit Hooker, this Dream Cast pattern ...

Midges rule the local water for the next few months. Sporadic hatches of Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) may appear, but the mainstay for repeatable success rides on the smallest nymphs in your fly box. If ...

They’re small. They are here all the time. And they must taste good, because trout will eat the littlest bug in the river all year. Trout snack on midges again and again, like Tic Tacs. Midges are the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've gone out for a walk or run on the paths near Milwaukee's Lake Michigan beaches in the past few weeks, it was likely ...