Sentence examples for mayfly that from inspiring English sources

(Lest there be some confusion, popular names for the aquatic insects upon which trout feed often vary from region to region. In some areas, shad fly refers to a species of mayfly that is probably more commonly known as the Green Drake). "The shad flies were everywhere in Livingston Manor, including the barber shop and the hardware store," he said.

From the position of the legs, the curve of the abdomen, and the lack of wing marks, the researchers suspect that the imprint was made by an ancient mayfly that held its wings upright when at rest.

Perhaps the most theatrical Eastern hatch is the large mayfly that fly-fishers call the Green Drake.

Local artisans such as Frank Kuttner, 62, tie flies in the traditional Catskill style that traces its roots to the 1890s, when a hermetic angler named Theodore Gordon created imitations of the various mayflies that hatch from spring to fall.

For example, mayflies that flee bottom-foraging stonefly predators by entering the water column experience an increased chance of fish predation (Soluk and Collins 1988).

"There's a famous mayfly hatch that occurs on the Test at that time, known as Duffers Fortnight.

Local weather radars have picked up mayfly swarms that resemble storm patterns.

They chose the Nike Mayfly, a model that, as the name intimates, is a flyweight, barely reaching 150 grams.

From the next day, fishermen would no longer be allowed to use live mayfly or artificial flies that sank beneath the surface of the water on the Haddon estate's rivers, so giving the trout some sanctuary.

But it's shortsighted to assume that mayfly pleasure outweighs everything else.

Even that mayfly moment of manufactured scandal failed to translate into big business at the box office.