The Big Time

The big time for fly-fishermen has arrived. The major hatches of aquatic mayflies are going to be hatching from area trout streams for the next five or six weeks and trout are going to be gorging on this annual spring feast.

The most prolific of these hatches around the Cove is a hatch of mayflies known as sulphurs. The hatch of sulphurs has already begun on several area streams. By the end of the month, sulphurs will have appeared on nearly every stream in the area.

Since it is the best hatch of the season in most places, it draws hordes of fly-fishermen to many streams, especially the BFO...