Mayflies thrive in the fertile waters around Vail. Mayflies are quiet, unobtrusive insects that hatch and sail away out of sight. Unlike the clownish bouncing of the caddis moths or the spectacular ...

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BASALT – The Roaring Fork Valley’s first mayfly hatch of the year, that of the blue-wing olive, is under way along the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers. It’s an exciting time of year and for fly ...

BILLINGS – If you’ve ever wondered about the water quality in a stream, river or lake you are fishing, just ask a mayfly. Mayflies are winged insects that spend the early stages of their life ...

I settled on parachute-style flies for virtually all my mayfly imitations years ago. I believe parachutes look more natural and work better than standard dry fly patterns that employ hackle wound ...

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Comes March, I look forward to fly fishing and the first hatches of blue-winged olive mayflies or BWOs in fly fishing jargon. In years past, I’d fish the generic BWO dry fly pattern you’ll find in the ...

The Great Lakes region's annual mayfly hatch, when the aquatic insects emerge in their winged form to mate, usually happens in late June to early July. The mayflies have such a short life span in ...

Oneida Lake’s annual mayfly hatch once looked like scenes from a 1950s B-movie. Each June billions of the bugs would emerge from the muck on the bottom of the lake, shed their skins, and fly inland in ...