Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
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