Blue wing olives (BWO), or baetis, are typically on the menu early and late in the year from March until mid-May and then come back during late summer and early fall. BWOs are typically our first and ...

I get a little excited when the spring temperatures bring about an emergence of mayflies that haven’t been seen since last fall. The air feels good on your skin. Midges are skating across the surface ...

Earlier in May, several of us took off for the Frying Pan River after the memorial gathering for John Gierach in Lyons. None of us had made inquiries into whether the blue-winged olive hatch was on, ...