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.
Byhaugh on Feb 12, 2015February 12th, 2015, 9:21 am EST
Hi,
My son and I just returned from a trip to the Chillean side of Patagonia.
Other than Caddis, beetles, and hoppers, there was not a lot of insect activity.
I did see this spinner and believe I know what it is, but looking for verification.
Millcreek on Feb 13, 2015February 13th, 2015, 8:32 am EST
Byron,
I'll bite, a member of Leptophlebiidae. You seem to have lost two of the caudal tails (or possibly just one if I'm entirely wrong). Can't even begin to guess the genera if I'm right, there are just too many.
Mark
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
-Albert Einstein
Entoman on Feb 13, 2015February 13th, 2015, 4:24 pm EST
Based on the long legs, body shape and heavy wing venation I'll go with heptageniid... Only a guess, though.
"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
Taxon on Feb 14, 2015February 14th, 2015, 2:20 am EST
Kurt-
I'll go with heptageniid... Only a guess, though.
That was my instinct as well, at least until I discovered that South America doesn't have a single species of family Hetageniidae. You will have to copy and paste
into your web brouser's address window in order verify that, as this forum converts all hyperlinked addresses to all lower case for some unknown reason.