Blue dun

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I got a Blue Dun dry fly today at the fly shop and I was wondering what type of fly does the blue dun imitate.

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jargo432
it a type of mayfly imitation you can find more on mayflys here, do a serch for mayfly or here [url=http://www.maineflyfishing.com/bluedun/bigpicture.htm:73fab]http://www.maineflyfishing.com/bluedun/bigpicture.htm[/url:73fab]
Ghost

time is like a river running though the world, if you dont take a moment to sit and watch it go by we loose so much. GrayGhost

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Jargo-

The common name, Blue Dun, is customarily associated with the following mayfly species:

Leptophlebia cupida
Leptophlebia johnsoni
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Paraleptophlebia bicornuta
Paraleptophlebia debilis

Taxon
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Thanks!! seems like the longer I fish, I find out how much more I still have to learn.

One other question about the blue dun or blue winged olive. Do they only hatch in cooler streams or will I see them in hotter places like here in Texas.

As a side note, my son is doing an incect collection for school and I’m sezing the moment to learn along with him. I caught a mayfly a couple of days ago that was lime green(the whole body and wings were the same color). I’ve seen that type of mayfly before at the lake. we put it in a large cup and later in the day it had shucked some kind of skin like a snake would. I need to get the materials to match those colors to tie my own dry fly because I’ve never seen one like that at the fly shop. Here in Texas there aren’t a lot of fly shops.

[This message has been edited by jargo432 (edited 08 September 2005).]

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Taxon,

That’s a very interesting web site you’ve put together. Lots and lots of information.

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Here is a quote from John Roberts “Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies” :-
“The name blue dun is used to describe almost any olive species but the term is dying out as more specific names and imitations are used. I like this modern dressing which serves for many duns when tied in the appropriate sizes.
Hook: 12-16.
Thread: Yellow.
Tail: Pale blue dun fibres.
Body: Dubbed blue rabbit fur (Under fur).
Rib: Yellow thread.
Hackle: Mixed grizzle and blue dun cocks.”
I don’t know if this resembles your dry fly and this is a British book but it may suit.

Donald/Scotland

[This message has been edited by Donald Nicolson (edited 08 September 2005).]

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Jargo-

Here is a link to [url=http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/nick480413/texasmayflies.htm:09605]Mayflies of Texas[/url:09605].

And this is a link to a map showing the [url=http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kincaid/images/biotic.html:09605]Biotic Provinces Of Texas[/url:09605], which are referred to in the first link.

As I mentioned in the previous post, Blue Dun generally refers to mayflies of genera Leptophlebia and Paraleptophlebia. However, Blue-winged Olive generally refers to mayflies of the Baetis complex, which includes Baetis, Acentrella, Diphetor, and Plauditus.

From the above links, it does not appear that you have any Blue Duns in the ?Biotic Province? of Texan (which Bridgeport is in), but you do have them elsewhere in Texas. With regard to Blue-winged Olives, it appears you have multiple species in your biotic province.

With regard to the mayfly you captured, after you captured it, it underwent metamorphosis from a dun (subimago) to a spinner (imago). Mayflies are the only insect order that has two winged stages, the sexually immature subimago, and the sexually mature imago.

Hope this helps.

Taxon
[url=http://FlyfishingEntomology.com:09605]FlyfishingEntomology.com[/url:09605]

[This message has been edited by Taxon (edited 08 September 2005).]

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BFB-

Thanks for the compliment on my site.

Taxon
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Taxon,

I’d like to compliment you on your site as well.

One question for you though. I can go from common names to scientific names on your site. Is there any way to go from scientific name to common name?

Thanks,

Steven

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Steven-

Thank you. There is no effective way currently. However, if you email me through my site and request lookup of common name by scientific name, I’d be happy to add it to the site.

Taxon
[url=http://FlyfishingEntomology.com:62253]FlyfishingEntomology.com[/url:62253]

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A funny story about this kind of thing…

I was at a Scientific Anglers Dealer Weekend many years ago. We were all standing around a table picking out gear to fish for a day.

This older gentleman walks up and looks at the selection of flys. He says “give me a couple of those little green bastards, 3 or 4 of those little brown bastards and some of those black bastards.”

He gets his flys and head off towards the water. We were a bit taken by surprize by that so we asked one of the SA employees who he was.

As it turns out, he was the president of 3M who ownes/owned SA at the time.

By the way, he caught a bunch of fish with his Bastard Flies.

Ken

There is a fine line between fly fishing and and just standing in a river looking like and idiot.

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Well, I need some of those green bastards cause that’s the only color of mayfly I’ve ever seen in my area.