letumgo 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2007 I found this guy earlier this week while fishing the West Branch of the Ausable River in New York (close to Lake Placid). The fishing was slow that morning so my son and I went bug hunting to see what was availible to the fish. I found this guy lurking in the shallow water near the edge of the stream. It looked like he was also hunting bugs. He got really aggressive when I picked him up. He was not very happy I was trying to take his picture. EDIT - This guy was roughly 1.25" long and a rich medium brown color. The ones I've pulled out of the Hudson River tend to be closer to 3" long and very dark brown/black. Let me know if I have mis-identified this guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ethan Bright 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2007 Looks like Nigronia, a fishfly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnorton 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2007 did it have pinchers on its head ..kinda hard to tell in the photo....looks like a delicious bug though how did you guys do on the Ausable up there???one of my favorite spots Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 yup, dats a hellgrammite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 fish fly....this is a hellgramite... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Brown75 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 Yupper that looks like a fish fly. A huge one, i find those in science class when we study biology Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taxon 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 yup, dats a hellgrammite sF- Only the larval stage of a dobsonfly has acquired a common name of hellgrammite, not the larval stage of a fishfly, even though fishflies belong to the same family as dobsonflies, and look extremely similar to them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted December 14, 2008 yup, dats a hellgrammite sF- Only the larval stage of a dobsonfly has acquired a common name of hellgrammite, not the larval stage of a fishfly, even though fishflies belong to the same family as dobsonflies, and look extremely similar to them. Yes, i knew that. I mistook the fishfly larvea to be a dobsonfly larvea, my bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tying Beads 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2009 Helly for sure, great bronzeback pattern! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
