Morning folks,
Figure some may have missed my question last nigh because it was buried
in another message, Thought I would post it again and see if anyone could
help.
Yesterday while Amanda and I were fly fishing we had a mayfly land on
her hat brim. It stayed a long time so we had a good chance to examine it.
Not being accustomed to identifying them here is the description.
It looked like the classic drawing of a mayfly, its wings were erect and
firm of a slight gray to "milky white", it was a deep chocolate brown
throughout with black segment lines on the body and thorax and black eyes.
The legs were black. It was a total length of just over 1/4" excluding the 3
separate and distinct "Tails". The 3 "Tails were about 2 to 3 times the body
length from head to the extended body. Estimated tying size would be #16
down to 20+.
Outside air was about 65 and it has been down to the 20's at night. The
water temp is in the 40's to low 50's.
#1, can anyone identify this from the above description ? #2, what are
the cycles of it, is it year round or just fall winter ? Possible patterns
for the life cycles ?
Second group of questions, this is not trout water, blue gill, perch and
bass. It would be obvious that the food chain would include it, thinking
perch and blue gill, but do Bass feed on these ? Big question.
Any way, hope some can shed some light on this for me, it was an
exciting day on the water.
Jimi
