When anglers see specific aquatic insect hatches, it often denotes a certain time of the year. Spring is typically ushered in when blue-winged olive mayflies start to hatch on many of our rivers ...

Blue Wing Olives, a mayfly with multiple hatches throughout the year. And the Spring dry fly opportunity cabin fever anglers across the Rockies have awaited all Winter. With massive springtime ...

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

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 5… ...

The PMD, or pale morning dun, is one of the most effective mayfly patterns in the world. While spring is often dominated by the blue-winged olive mayfly, PMDs can also be seen on some western waters.

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 ...

In a matter of a couple days, the stretch of river below my house has broken free of the confines winter imposed upon it. The heavy load of ice that hid our freestone water has begun to recede.

For instance, the larva of the blue-winged olive mayfly has been found overwintering in southern rivers, whereas previously it didn’t hatch from its eggs until the following spring.