Mayflies

A type of flying insects with aquatic larval stages. AKA Ephemeroptera.

Mayflies - articles

Article Taco Emerger Nov 23. 2023 Emerging The Taco Emerger was inspired by the split case patterns which are popular in the US See the pattern here	Article Inspiration and Imitation Aug 4. 2023 Rocks The story about how the Toothpick Stone Clinger was inspired by turning over rocks and taking pictures Story and pattern here	Article Matching the BWO hatch Oct 20. 2022 Mayflies Flies fitting the "Blue Winged Olive" description are important in almost every river in the trout fishing world More BWOs here
Article Combover Mar 17. 2022 Tonsorial The Combover is a generic mayfly nymph imitation. It gets its name from the hairstyle, now thankfully rarely seen. See how to tie it here	Article Einars’ Vulgata Emerger Mar 11. 2021 Floating This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects See the pattern here	Article Euro BWOs Revisited Apr 14. 2020 Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions. Much more here.
Article CDC Loop Wing Foam Emerger Dec 28. 2018 Floating A simple and very hard-to-sink emerger from Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski See how to tie it here	Article The Mighty Green Drake Nov 20. 2018 Summer pleasures The large mayflies are a summer phenomenon, but it might be worth reading up on off season. Get ready here.	Article Euro BWOs Mar 12. 2015 Entomology Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) are very widespread and important insects when it comes to trout fishing on most rivers both throughout Europe and the US. Read more and see some patterns here
Article Duck's extended body Feb 16. 2013 Body work Roger Duckworth shows an innovative and extremely easy technique to make durable extended bodies for mayflies, caddis, and stoneflies, and he shows a way of hackling the dry flies so that the hackle is under the body but above the hook so that it supports the fly more like the natural. See how it's done here	Article CDC Mayfly Aug 19. 2006 Cul de Mayfly A small mayfly, which may be (mis)taken for a dun during the sometimes the concentreted hatches on late August and Septemper evenings. It uses a hollow extended body, parachute hackle and wings of cdc stems to float high. Get the recipe for a hi-floating mouthful here.	Article Better-Winged Olives Apr 11. 2003 Better Tiny Flies A recent tying binge left me with a few thoughts on how to tie a quicker and better blue-winged olive mayfly. The ideas aren't necessarily new, but they certainly are worth sharing. Click here to read how to make a better Blue-Winged Olive.