Knee-deep in a river of northern Thailand, scientists scooped up some sand with a net and sifted through it. Hidden between ...

Mayflies don't bite and adults only live for a day, but you don't want to get stuck in a swarm. Here's what to know about the mayfly insect.

That said, the ideal time and place for nymph fishing is on a stream or river with good stretches of pocket water or riffles during a time when there are regular daily mayfly hatches. It’s ...

After two years in the silt at the bottoms of Irish lakes,- the mayfly nymphs rise to the surface, shake off their cases, and after a bit of fumbling fly off to the shore. There, above hawthorn and ...

Photo by Jasper Taback I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however ...

Food sources: Browns commonly feed on mayfly and caddisfly nymphs, grasshoppers, worms, crayfish, and minnows. An avid naturalist discovered a federally threatened plant with the nickname “Tiny Tim” ...