The Mayfly hatch is a celebrated time for dry fly fishing across all of Europe. For trout fishing, it's one of the best times of year. Because these large mayflies offer a big meal for trout, and they motivate just about every fish on the river to rise. While known as a period of time when the fish are extremely willing, they do get quite keyed in on certain stages of the hatch. So, it's absolutely critical to have every stage of the mayfly represented in your fly box with a range of fly patterns if you want to have success.

Follow along in this video as Paul Procter walks you through some of his essential tips for fishing the mayfly hatch. Paul is a celebrated angler and tier who's most well known for his incredible dry fly fishing skills. So when it comes to big hatches and dry fly fishing tips for trout, there is no better person to learn from. In this video he shares his dry fly fishing setup, his top mayfly patterns, tactics on the river, and tips for how and when to find this famous hatch. If you plan to get out and fish for trout during the mayfly this year, this video is an absolute mustwatch.

00:00 Introduction
00:43 What is "the mayfly" hatch?
02:25 The mayfly lifecycle
04:31 Conditions for the hatch
06:32 Varieties of Mayfly
06:57 When is the mayfly hatch?
07:50 Stages of the mayfly hatch
09:23 Common mistakes when fishing the mayfly
12:16 Paul's dry fly fishing setup
14:29 Paul's Mayfly patterns

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Video by Patrick Tillard.
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