Mayflies
Mayflies are the classic dry-fly hatch: nymphs that live a year on the bottom, then duns that ride the surface for a day and spinners that fall back to it. Blue-winged olives, pale morning duns and the drakes are the ones anglers plan trips around.
12 profiles
Adult2 photos, hover to cycle, showing AdultBlue-winged Olive
Baetis
Baetidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Brown Drake
Ephemera simulans
Ephemeridae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
AdultCallibaetis
Callibaetis
Baetidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Adult / Dun, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Flav
Drunella flavilinea
Ephemerellidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun / Adult, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Adult2 photos, hover to cycle, showing AdultGray Drake
Siphlonurus
Siphlonuridae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun / Adult, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
AdultGreen Drake
Drunella grandis
Ephemerellidae · EGGS, Nymph, Emerger, Dun / Adult, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
AdultHecuba
Timpanoga hecuba
Ephemerellidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun / Adult, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Adult2 photos, hover to cycle, showing AdultMahogany Dun
Paraleptophlebia
Leptophlebiidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun, Spinner, Egg-Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Adult2 photos, hover to cycle, showing AdultMarch Brown
Rhithrogena morrisoni
Heptageniidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Adult / Dun, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Adult2 photos, hover to cycle, showing AdultPale Morning Dun
Ephemerella excrucians
Ephemerellidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Pink Albert
Epeorus albertae
Heptageniidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun / Adult, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
Trico
Tricorythodes
Leptohyphidae · Eggs, Nymph, Emerger, Dun, Spinner, Egg Laying Spinner, Spent Spinner
