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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.
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    My first impression is to go with a "Brown No-hackle" ~

    (hope this copies)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH_KOg7Np1M

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaleW View Post
    My first impression is to go with a "Brown No-hackle" ~

    (hope this copies)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH_KOg7Np1M
    Hey Dale, my question was about the bug, not with which fly to imitate it (an Adams seems to be perfect)
    Thanks anyway,
    RF

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    Sorry ... I misunderstood.
    In these parts I'd call that a mayfly dun.

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    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.
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    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---

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    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.
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    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven View Post
    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?
    Really? I'm no math whiz but I can count to two.




    Not saying for sure it's a Quill Gordon, just very similar.
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    You're right. I'm an idiot.

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