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 ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

You gotta be tough to be a midge. Midges are teeny-tiny insects that hatch on rivers and streams. Wings and all, they're not much bigger than the tip of a ball-point pen. Yet even in the cold months ...