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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 ...

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Photo for the Mirror by Walt Young Mayflies are elegant, delicate insects that have fascinated fly anglers for generations. The month of May can be the best time of year for fly anglers in central ...

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 ...

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 ...

HARTSEL — They’re downright civilized, these callibaetis mayflies, on a schedule befitting both the leisurely pace of midsummer and the propensities of late-rising fishermen. “Ten to noon . . .” The ...

Unfortunately, such data wasn’t available in 2011 when a pipeline broke at Laurel spilling oil into the Yellowstone River, but researchers like Stagliano are now building up baseline data on streams ...