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 ...

I don’t know why I was worried, but I was. While preparing to lead a stream exploration, I was worried that it was too early in the season to find anything interesting in the stream. Worried despite ...

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 ...

On the five-point Johnson Scale, Sunday night's spectacularly freakish mayfly emergence and hatch along much of the Upper Mississippi was a doozy, rating a 4.5. The unofficial scale, named for Kent ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Nearly every creature on earth plays a part in the natural life cycle. The mayfly is a prime example, serving an essential role in the aquatic food web. As just-hatched nymphs, ...

Nov. 27 (UPI) --The Danish mayfly has been named 2021's Insect of the Year. A board of trustees established by the German Entomological Institute has named an Insect of the Year every year since 1999, ...

Communities along the Great Lakes are preparing for the annual mayfly season, but water temperatures may not be warm enough quite yet for the fishflies to produce massive swarms. "The timing of mayfly ...

1: Why mayflies? -- 2: The biology of mayflies -- The mayfly life cycle -- The ecology of mayflies -- 3: Identifying mayflies -- Not mayflies -- Using this book to identify a mayfly -- Parts of a ...

Mayflies have long been indicators of the ecological health of the lakes, rivers, and streams. The more mayflies present in water, the better the water quality. But scientists from Virginia Tech and ...

This undated photo provided by the 'Senckenberg Institute' shows a 'Danish Mayfly'. The Danish Mayfly has been selected by a German entomological society as the Insect of the Year for 2021, but wont ...