HI

One of the key principles of Fly fishing is to "match the hatch" --meaning, show the fish a fly that looks like the natural insects they are seeing in the water right now.

Ants are great flies as fish seem to like ants like we like ice cream. The best time to fish them is when the real ants are crawling around on the banks and occasionally falling in the water. Not a very effective winter fly, but great when it warms up and there are real ants crawling around.