Mayfly and the Chalkstream
Chris Packham relives programmes from The Living World archives. In this programme recorded in 2005, Lionel Kelleway joins Mike Ladle in Dorset in search of chalkstream mayfly.
Chris Packham relives programmes from The Living World archives.
There is almost something hypnotic watching an expert fly fisherman presenting his lure on the sunlit waters of a beautiful chalk stream on a warm summer's day. However, in 2005 when Lionel Kelleway joined freshwater biologist and angler Mike Ladle to explore the secrets of the River Frome in Dorset, their quest for the mayfly became something of a detailed search. As Lionel watches Mike cast his fly he explores what makes a chalk stream so special to the life of a mayfly.
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- Sun 12 Jul 2015 06:35麻豆社 Radio 4
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