Whoops! You left the door open, and one of the world’s least favorite flying guests just zipped inside: the house fly. Flies are everywhere, buzzing around your food, waste, and everything in between.

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

Flies carrying disease-causing microbes will likely contaminate the food they touch, but different factors determine whether ...