Hey guys...I found this mayfly this afternoon at home. Do you have something similar up there? What do you think it is exactly? Scientific name? Can fit on a #14 or 16 hook
Thank you in advance.
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Hey guys...I found this mayfly this afternoon at home. Do you have something similar up there? What do you think it is exactly? Scientific name? Can fit on a #14 or 16 hook
Thank you in advance.
RFMayfly (2)bis.jpgMayfly (7)bis.jpg
My first impression is to go with a "Brown No-hackle" ~
(hope this copies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH_KOg7Np1M
Sorry ... I misunderstood.
In these parts I'd call that a mayfly dun.
Looks like a March Brown to me. The duns have two tails, unlike most other mayflies.
The scientific name, if I am correct (hard to be sure without measuring and knowing emergence), it might be the Maccaffertium Vicarium.
The insect would be approx. 14-16mm in size.
Last edited by Byron haugh; 04-21-2014 at 11:05 PM.
Have to agree with Byron, looks like a March Brown. They look like large sailboats when floating down the river mixed in with the Blue Wing Olives.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Looks a lot like a Quill Gordon (Epeorus pleuralis) to me. The Adams would be a good imitation.
Hard to tell and a #16 would be too small for the Gordon. It's normally a #12.
Last edited by bobbyg; 04-22-2014 at 03:53 PM.
When you can arrange your affairs to go fishing, forget all the signs, homilies, advice and folklore. JUST GO.
http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/page/january2006/86
My guess is some type of the Maccaffertium.
Wing mottling and number of tails would be wrong for Epeorus.
Isn't it mid-fall in Argentina? Are there any flies here outside of the various small types of BWO's that hatch in the fall?
You're right. I'm an idiot.