March Brown Model

Been seeing some March Browns on the cricks lately and have been thinking about tying up a new fly for the hatch. A local was nice enough to stop by the house this afternoon to pose as a model.

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The screen sections are 1/16" wide. The length of this particular March Brown measured just about 6/16". I was a bit surprised at the length of the tails, but I usually am when I actually get pix to study.

John

John is it just the angle of the photo or are the wings way bigger than the normal proportion charts tell us wings are? In the photo the wings look to be full length of the body plus half the tail.

Just curious how it looked from other perspectives.

I think you will find that the proportion charts are for the "average" insects and is as much for balance of the fly than to reflect an exact measurement of the insect's body parts.

A Coffin Fly I have that was tied by the Dette's has wings which are about 1.25 the hook shank. The tail and hackle are also longer than "normal" to ensure balance.


The photo of a March Brown below shows pretty long wings as well.


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Just as I thought, you mean a very different insect when you say March Brown than what we know here as a March brown. Ours are two to three times the size of that. Usually imitated on a size 10.

Cheers,
A.