New to fly fishing.

[Watershadow]

Find some hatch charts. most are pretty similar for the rocky mountain region, then start looking to present flies that imitate the hatch at a given time of year. Once you have a trip planned, go talk to guys in some of our fine fly shops; they can help you out with patterns, and life cycles of the various insects you'll encounter. Also, learn how to identify the aquatic insects from a book or the internet, and look for them while you're afield....when you start to recognize them, and their various life cycles, it will start to come together. A good flyfisher is a keen observer of all things happening on, under, and around the stream. good luck.
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