Hi. Please let me know if you can ID this fly. If I can upload the photo.
H HeavyWater Member Joined Jul 19, 2017 Messages 42 May 15, 2021 #1 Hi. Please let me know if you can ID this fly. If I can upload the photo. Attachments 71652584-5BEF-4920-AC70-AC1F2CDDFDA4.jpeg 71 KB · Views: 18 976940FA-F206-4771-9E4F-1FB7238F35B7.jpeg 67.2 KB · Views: 13
H HeavyWater Member Joined Jul 19, 2017 Messages 42 May 15, 2021 #2 This is another angle of the mayfly. Attachments 06AE9276-66E8-4F74-816D-6E8939DC603A.jpeg 70.6 KB · Views: 13
DGC Active member Joined Jan 21, 2008 Messages 870 May 15, 2021 #3 March Brown/Grey Fox male. I suppose it could also be a Light Cahill which us very similar.
Dave_W Moderator Staff member Joined Jan 24, 2016 Messages 5,091 Location Gettysburg May 15, 2021 #5 Yeah, I'd vote Light Cahill too.
redietz Well-known member Joined Nov 5, 2009 Messages 1,611 Location Central Maryland May 16, 2021 #6 Dave_W wrote: Yeah, I'd vote Light Cahill too. Click to expand... Maccaffertium for sure, but it doesn't seem light enough for a Cahill. I'd go with the Gray Fox color phase of the March Brown. Plus, the eyes on a Cahill are much lighter in color.
Dave_W wrote: Yeah, I'd vote Light Cahill too. Click to expand... Maccaffertium for sure, but it doesn't seem light enough for a Cahill. I'd go with the Gray Fox color phase of the March Brown. Plus, the eyes on a Cahill are much lighter in color.
A alatt Member Joined Feb 23, 2010 Messages 115 May 16, 2021 #7 The large eyes have it, as Redietz says. Gray fox changing into spinner.
T timmyt2 Member Joined Jun 25, 2019 Messages 348 May 18, 2021 #9 Are the large eyes unique to a Grey Fox?
T TYoung Member Joined May 7, 2009 Messages 467 May 18, 2021 #10 Male mayflies have larger eyes than the females. This isn't unique to march browns.