The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.
Braindead on Aug 9, 2013August 9th, 2013, 11:34 am EDT
Greetings from Colorado. I'm a new member of the troutnut site and have a question of those knowledgeable about mayflies. Earlier this year I had the privilege of getting to fish a private lake up near Estes Park, Colorado. I fished with 4 other friends from canoe, row boat and yes even a paddle boat. Near the end of our morning, a mayfly landed on my little finger and I managed to get a quick snapshot of it (attached).
Any idea what this little critter is? I've looked around this and a few other sites but can't positively identify it.
Welcome to the troutnut forum. The mayfly on your finger in the attached photo is a male imago (spinner) of genus Callibaetis, probably Callibaetis ferrugineus hageni.
Entoman on Aug 9, 2013August 9th, 2013, 4:10 pm EDT
I agree.
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman