Name this fly

Fly Patterns
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A member of another Forum posted these pics.
Trying to id this fly. Pics taken on Mother’s Day weekend on the Arkansas in Colorado.
No one has rung the bell yet!! Rainbows were quite readily feeding on them.

Obviously Diptera…rather large true fly…in the 14 to 16 range.

Any ideas? I believe cranefly has been ruled out.

bobbyg

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Looks like a cranefly to me. Kinda similar to this:

I’ve seen them on the Madison that size.

Regards,
Scott

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There seems to be a very large emergence of Crane Flies this year, and definetely a pattern worth trying !!!

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Name this fly, hmmm, how about…Fred?

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Fred works for me:^)

I 2nd FRED!

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Could I have your attention please??? Is there an Entomologist in the house?

European Crane Fly?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.livingwithbugs.com/Images/crane-fly.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.livingwithbugs.com/lawn_ins.html&usg=__9seQuQmKxzFeQwqD7qHUtEExiXY=&h=228&w=288&sz=14&hl=en&start=13&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=SEgiM8hHtSUWGM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcrane%2Bfly%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1

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Hi Folks,
I believe that the old classic pattern to imitate the cranefly is called “Queen of the Waters”.

Gerri

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Looks female to me… I think we should name it Lucy!

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i believe the above pictures are two different insects. the first is very possibly a crane fly, but the second has 4 wings and they fold back flat against the body, as opposed to how the crane fly wings splay back at a 30-ish degree angle.

just my thoughts
dryfly

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dryfly,

It is the same fly. The wings and hind legs were bent, for lack of a better word, while trying to get the photos.
Does appear to the eye as you say though.

The crane flies don’t hatch on the Arkansas until July and August.

Possibly a large chironomid midge??

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Need something in pic for scale. Is top pic on a screen?

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Whilke I have NO IDEA, If you have some time try digging through these sites that I keep in my favorites: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bgsd.k12.wa.us/hml/jr_cam/macros/amc/images/9.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bgsd.k12.wa.us/hml/jr_cam/macros/amc/index.html&usg=__1JofzQU5HPdFtWjrfQPbQNKMEdo=&h=360&w=480&sz=89&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=bt1nv2s8LTxOYM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsow%2Bbug%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DSUNA,SUNA:2005-49,SUNA:en%26sa%3DX

http://www.troutnut.com/hatches

Start with the second link.

Rick

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Bob, it’s just a big ole midge…:smiley:

Kelly

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Just tie something that looks sorta like it and go catch some fish!

My vote is for Fred.

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The background is the fellows waders. 14 to 16 hook size.

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I agree Kelly. This fellow is, shall we say, just a little anal in id’ing his midges, larvae, pupa, emergers, caddisflies, imagos, sub-imagos, stoneflies, craneflies, true flies, scuds, mayflies, cripples, ants, leafhoppers, beetles, grasshoppers,
mice, those little green caterpillars, marshmallows, corn, redworms, nightcrawlers, small snakes, grubs, chubs, suckers,
fish roe, and pb&j’s.

And, to set the record straight, the fly is a hermaphrodite, name of Fernando.

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Definitely not. There isn’t a phone anywhere near it.
Gary

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Don’t chironimids have furry antennae like midges do? We’re seeing a lot of craneflies around here and it’s usually well into summer before we see many of them here, too. It’s got a bulkier body than the cranes I see here, but that could just a subspecies thing. Maybe a pregnant female-- maybe a Wilma rather than a Fred?