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 ...

The Mayfly Project connects foster children with mentors to teach fly fishing and outdoor skills in Pennsylvania.

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 ...

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 ...

I recently slipped into my waders and vest and got out onto the stream just a little before when I hoped a good hatch would ...

Oneida Lake’s annual mayfly hatch once looked like scenes from a 1950s B-movie. Each June billions of the bugs would emerge from the muck on the bottom of the lake, shed their skins, and fly inland 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 ...