In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

In this edition of The Starting Spot: -If you’ve ever been around a lake during a mayfly hatch you can imagine just how big of an impact a natural event like that can have on an ecosystem. The sudden ...

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Some people may have never heard of a mayfly. Or maybe they’ve known the insect as the fishfly or shadfly. “Mayflies are a large part of a fly fisherman’s life,” said Jess Westbrook, a Benton native. ...