Mayflies are the epitome of stream fly fishing. They are the most common insect in many eastern creeks and streams and one of the most important sources of food for trout. There are approximately 500 ...

A little less than a week ago, the first credible rumor of a blue-winged olive mayfly hatch made its way up the Front Range. Before that, there had been the usual false alarms from the South Platte ...

In most areas where trout live, four orders of aquatic insects comprise a majority of the food the fish eat. The orders are mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), caddis flies (Trichoptera ...

BASALT – Autumn often yields some of the best dry-fly fishing of the entire year.Blue-wing olives are one of the few mayfly species that hatches bi-annually, during both spring and fall. For most ...

The Fryingpan River is always a great spring fishery and this year is no exception. Will Sands of the Taylor Creek fly shop in Basalt calls it “superb,” and proved it by catching a 10-pound rainbow in ...

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Here's a nice mayfly nymph imitation that can produce all year long. Tied with peacock, it is suggestive of a blue-winged olive nymph. Tie it with light cahill body dubbing to suggest lighter colored ...

I get a little excited when the spring temperatures bring about an emergence of mayflies that haven’t been seen since last fall. The air feels good on your skin. Midges are skating across the surface ...

When it comes to color, profile and durability, anglers would be hard-pressed to find a better fly to throw during spring than Charlie Craven's JuJu Baetis. It's one of my favorite fly patterns to ...

Mayflies, Ephemeroptera, are an important order of insects to many fish, but particularly to trout. I have read that the four most important aquatic insect orders for trout food are mayflies, ...

Summer is on the wane, but the fishing isn’t.Dave Johnson, owner of Carbondale-based Independent Flyfishing Guides, reached on his boat during a float down the middle Roaring Fork River on Monday, had ...

Earlier in May, several of us took off for the Frying Pan River after the memorial gathering for John Gierach in Lyons. None of us had made inquiries into whether the blue-winged olive hatch was on, ...