When I am reading my own reports from past mayfly seasons I wonder what was wrong this year? The cold and wet spring probably played its part, as the vegetation was also somewhat delayed. The first true hatches of mayflies occured around 1. June, and […]
Every mayfly season there comes a time, when the trouts are so fed up with mayflies, that they ignore even a good evening hatch… other insects become more interesting to the fish… for whatever reason, maybe they simply want some else to taste. Time to […]
Lake Thun in Switzerland is one of the few stillwaters with a considerable hatch of mayflies. For years, I have read stories on beautiful silver caught on the dryfly and I always hoped to fish there one day. And so it happend… From the beginning, […]