mcfly 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 By description match the fly or nymph. By name = 5 points By scientific name = 10 First post with the correct name wins. There will be 20 posts the one with the most points will win absolutly nothing well besides the fact they can correctly identify more bugs than the other fly fishermen here. Hints - The flies are native to the North East (PA). Fly #2 ---------- Current standings JasonN - 10 ---------- Name this fly: Time - August 20th in the evening Length - 9 mm Description - The body and legs of this fly range from light cream to yellow in color. The dorsal ranges from light olive to brown and the wings are clear with dark veins. The wings also sport many bars between each vertical vein. Can you name this fly? The fly is called a Little Yellow Quill - no correct anwser. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 Light Cahill? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfink 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Light cahill stemonema ithaca seems a little late though in the season Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcfly 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Close but Light Cahill are a little larger and don't have dark veins. They do happen to have hatches as late as the first week of August though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 I was going to say this first but aug 20th seems like a late time for this hatch...... pale evening dun? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 1, 2004 pale morning dun? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 1, 2004 pale afternoon dun? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Ephoron album Pale morning Dun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 1, 2004 invaria? sulfurs stenonema? stenacrons? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcfly 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 The wings on a pale evening dun are more grey than clear. Its body is olive as well and they at least in PA stop hatching around the end of June. Hints.. The females make several trips back and forth landing on the water to deposit eggs in the faster sections of pools. This fly when present is a primary food for trout throughout the summer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 1, 2004 epheron leukron or white mayfly. Body is 9 mm long hatching in the evening around the 3 week in august. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 I had thought That too John but here in Mi the Ephorons are completely white and i dont remember ever noticing the dark viens in their wings myself... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcfly 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Here is a picture of one. Hope this helps. Not taken by me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonN 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2004 It's definitely in the Heptageniidae family. The picture's pretty small, but from what I can tell I'm pretty sure the second segment of each fore tarsus is a lot longer than the first, which means it's Heptagenia, Stenonema, or Stenacron. It's probably too large for Heptagenia, and it doesn't seem to have the dark spot on the wings in the bullae region that would mean Stenacron, so it's probably Stenonema. There are more than a dozen common species of Stenonema known to southeast NY (distribution for PA hasn't been studied as widely), so it's really hard to say the species, but as a shot in the dark I'm gonna guess Stenonema modestum. As for the common name... it's subjective. People call mayflies all kinds of things and for semi-obscure species like this there are usually several choices. I'm going to go with cream cahill, though some people would probably call the same fly a sulphur and all kinds of other goofy things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 3, 2004 yellow hendrickson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites