In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

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 ...

Some people may have never heard of a mayfly. Or maybe they’ve known the insect as the fishfly or shadfly. “Mayflies are a large part of a fly fisherman’s life,” said Jess Westbrook, a Benton native. ...

Anglers and guides alike are all commenting on the prolific pale morning dun (PMD) hatches we are seeing this year. The Fryingpan has the most robust emergences of these mayflies, but there are solid ...

Mayflies are small, short-lived (as adults) insects of the Order Ephemeroptera. As adults, most emerge from their nymph form, take flight, mate, lay eggs and die in just a day or two. The common name ...

An international group of scientists selected the mayfly because of its unique life cycle. A fully developed mayfly has only a few days to fly, mate and lay eggs before it dies. Good morning. I'm Lulu ...

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 ...

Fishing Researchers aren’t the only ones who track mayflies. Fly anglers closely follow the timing of mayfly hatches as a potential opportunity to catch fish, sometimes on a dry fly. Depending on the ...