BASALT – Autumn often yields some of the best dry-fly fishing of the entire year.Blue-wing olives are one of the few mayfly species that hatches bi-annually, during both spring and fall. For most ...

This rainbow trout fell for a blue-wing olive wet fly imitation in a size 16 dead-drifted near where faster waters enter into a pool.

Changes are afoot here in the Roaring Fork Valley this week as ideal spring-fishing conditions are at our doorstep. With the warming trend, especially downvalley, we are now seeing the first waves of ...

Blue Wing Olives, a mayfly with multiple hatches throughout the year. And the Spring dry fly opportunity cabin fever anglers across the Rockies have awaited all Winter.

I consider these bugs the “medium” sized mayflies we encounter, compared to tiny blue winged olives in sizes 20 and 22 and our gorilla-sized green drakes that are as big as size 10. The pale morning ...

Blue Winged Olives are officially back on the menu now and will take over top spot on the hatch chart, especially on the upper Fryingpan, Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers. These tiny mayflies are the ...

The weather in May was more unsettled than in recent memory. It definitely wasn’t ideal for picnickers, sun worshippers and blue-sky hikers who kept their eyes glued to the weather forecasts in ...

Blue Wing Olives and caddisflies are showing up simultaneously giving fish the first massive opportunity to feed on the surface. The increase in surface feeding activity has brought back dry fly ...

The Green River is a dry fly angler’s dream. Expect prolific hatches of Blue Winged Olives in April and cicadas in May – and a good number of rising fish.

Blue-winged olives have a genus name of Baetis and belong in the family Baetidae. Most of the blue-winged olives hatch in the spring time; you might say they are a May fly.