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.
Konchu on Aug 7, 2007August 7th, 2007, 1:54 pm EDT
Looks similar to the genus Tricorythodes (what people call Tricos) or some other member of the family Leptohyphidae. The dark color, three tails and shape & coloration of wings all help me to guess that it is Tricorythodes.
How big was it? What part of Mexico were you in when you saw it?
Xavier_Carp on Aug 9, 2007August 9th, 2007, 9:41 am EDT
Konchu, I was fishing on this small creek, the area where I caught it is where the water is most still avobe a small dam, the creek is only 6ft wide and not very deep, the deepest pools are about 4ft and average depth is 2ft bottom is mostly grtavel with some areas covered with a thin layer of silt, hope this help
Taxon on Aug 9, 2007August 9th, 2007, 11:55 am EDT
Xavier_Carp-
When you say Central Mexico, are you referring to the country or the state of México? This information would allow me to significantly narrow down the identification possibilities.
Hmmmm. Puebla, doesn’t seem have any leptohyphids recorded, at least according to a list compiled from Dr. Pat Randolph’s PhD dissertation. So, I looked at the surrounding states, and found that Oaxaca, immediately south of Puebla, has records of the following leptohyphids: