The green drake mayfly hatch is one of many reasons Basalt and the Roaring Fork Valley is considered Mecca for fly fishers around the world. We (and the fish) enjoy this hatch from late runoff on our ...

The region's beloved Green Drake mayfly hatches have just begun emerging ... which ends with a spinner fall, as thousands cover the surface just hours later, wings spread out and dying, serving ...

Our famous green drake mayfly hatch begins on the lower Roaring Fork River near Glenwood Springs and gradually advances up the river, eventually reaching the Aspen area. While green drakes hatch ...

BASALT – As the water levels gradually come down on our local rivers, the fishing quickly heats up in anticipation of our world-renowned green drake mayfly hatch.The green drake is the largest mayfly ...

The thing is the big bug, a mayfly called the green drake, is irresistible for trout. With a population of about 225, Coburn remains a hot spot for fly-fishing enthusiasts from around the country ...

The sub-imago and the imago become the dun and the spinner. These words are applied to all members of this family of flies. The common large mayfly, Ephemera danica, becomes a green drake and a ...