It would be another smoky morning on the Front Range, but I was headed west toward the South Platte River for what I hoped would be less smoke and a hatch of small mayflies know as “tricos” to ...

The best way to fish Tricos is with spinners, the dead bug representation. Dead Tricos fall on the water and float until they are washed under, become caught up in river vegetation or get eaten. A ...

The fish in the Madison River are doing just fine, according Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. It's the people who are causing the problems, as hundreds of thousands of fishermen, floaters ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The mere mention of Montana’s Madison River is enough to make fly-fishermen salivate, what with its high concentration of trout, scenic beauty and prolific wildlife ...

Tricos are those tiny black mayflies that hatch ... it seems as if there is a wall of insects following the length of the river. And, yes, the trout go crazy for them! My favorite stages of ...