Mayfly ID?

[planettrout]

Yes, this was still water. It's way to early for a Hex; plus Hexes are about 3 times bigger.

Honestly, I think species ID probably isn't that important? Just tie up some kind dry fly (probably a parachute; I'm fairly good at those) with white tail, a dark abdomen, and appropriate colors elsewhere, on a size 14 hook.

One more time:

The speckle winged Callibaetis genus contains on average the largest species in the Baetidae family with hatches ranging in size from 20 to 12 (6mm to 12mm). However, most can be matched with 14 and 16 imitations. They reside only in very slow weedy sections of rivers or lakes and ponds.

This is a Callibaetis spinner from Trumbull lake, at 9700' in the Eastern Sierras. They have two broods that hatch each Summer - the first one is #14 and the next #16, In some locations, there will be three hatches during the summer # 14 - #18:




The Quigley Last Chance Cripple is a good imitation for this bug (cut & paste,scroll down) :

http://stevenojai.tripod.com/quigcrip.htm

PT/TB