Ireland about for salmon and trout.
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BookDescription: Videocassette (VHS)(24 min.) : sd., col., 1/2 in.Subject(s): Salmon-fishing -- Ireland | Trout fishing -- Ireland
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It's May on Loch Corribe and the height of the mayfly fishing. The female mayfly lays her eggs on the surface of the water. The eggs then sink to the bottom and lie amongst the gravel and mud. They then hatch and turn into nymphs which live on the bottom from anything up to two years. In May when the temperature rises it comes to the surface and emerges as a damah. It dries its wings and flies up to the bushes and trees where it has a second malt to become a fully-fledged mayfly or as the fishermen know it, a spinner. In this form after about two days it returns to the waterside and performs a type of mating ritual known as the mayfly dance. Millions of flys dance about and once mated drop onto the water as spent flys. The female lays her eggs and dies shortly afterwards. The male also dies and the fish find them easy pickings for a delicious snack.
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