For many of us its mayfly time.
They are big, for us river guys, the highpoint of our season, the most easily recognised and the easiest to photograph of the trout flies. So lets see your efforts from this year. Dont worry about showing the key features etc. Just a nice portrait with your camera or your phone. Even Blurry ones its not a technical competition.
If you can put down the county and the date you took the pic and maybe we can get an occurence detail, useful for the Ephemeroptera recording scheme or RFP.
And try to answer; Did your may flies seem to be on the increase or the decline this year?

I'll start the ball rowling with this


19th may, Northants. Definite increase.

Here's one from me:


The only Mayfly action I get is on reservoirs so quite hard to judge whether an increase or not.

Thats whats called up close and personal i guess.they seem to be more incredible the closer you get.

One from last night (the only one I saw all night).

24th may, South Gloucestershire, just starting to get going so hard to tell...

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Thanks for the post. amazing that your just starting when were just about finnished, wonder whats happening down the in chalk stream country? Any news out there from the test and the itchen etc?

Not been fishing or down the river for a few days but spotted a couple of those trying to land on the roof of a dark blue shiny Mondeo at the traffic lights in front of me crossing over Jnc 14 last night, must have flown from the lake or the really small trib that links with the LRA further on ... think you know where.

Reckon a river visit tomorrow night is in order, see what I can snap.

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Looks like you've had the air brush on that one WP - colours are really different to this patch.

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I thought that; far too much black: Ephemera vulgata nig*erus?

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Reckon it's in race trim, must be a rally fan or something?

Quite exotic, makes our Glos ones look dull in comparison.

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here is some

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