The fish were pretty scarce, even though my fishing partner Jess and I were quite a ways back into the boreal. It had taken the better part of an hour trucking down oil well roads to get to our jumping off point, and then it was still a hike to get to the stream.
Many fly fishers overlook the importance of terrestrials, land born insects included in the trout’s diet, as an excellent imitation for fly fishing. With over one million known species these insects play a large part in the trout’s world. Most anglers ...