Whoops! You left the door open, and one of the world’s least favorite flying guests just zipped inside: the house fly. Flies are everywhere, buzzing around your food, waste, and everything in between.

House flies deploy a specialized organ called the ptilinum to break out of their pupa! Like the beloved butterfly, a house fly goes through an incredible metamorphosis. To make its grand entry into ...

The Emergent Sparkle Pupa was the brainchild of Gary LaFontaine, a gifted writer and fly fisher. This pattern represents the second phase of the caddis emergence and should be fished in or below the ...