Early April Mayfly ID Help

[dinkman]

Hi folks,
This is my first season taking fly fishing pretty seriously and I managed to catch my first two trout on a dry fly April 14

They took a parachute Adams and I thought it would be cool to know the predominate bug on the water and what my fly may have been imitating during that accomplishment. It was on a wild trout stream in southeastern PA.

I do not profess to know much of anything about bug ID, so any help here would be appreciated!

 

[dinkman]

Can a moderator delete this post? I couldn't add a photo...

how pathetic ha..

 

[Acristickid]

Was it a big bug, medium sized or small?

Was the body dark or light? We’re the wings speckled?

Did the wings look like a sailboat? (Mayfly) Or were they folded over? (Caddis-stonefly)

Blue wing olives , quill gordons , Hendrickson- mayflies you could google if the wings look like sailboats

Grannom caddis, tan caddis or black stone fly - Google up and see if these are what you saw.

There is a bug life cycle and different bugs explained here on the blog tab. Also consult a hatch chart which is also listed on the site. Good luck.

 

[Dave_W]

dinkman wrote:
Can a moderator delete this post? I couldn't add a photo...

Lots of folks struggle to upload photos. Make sure that the size in under 150 kb before you attempt to upload the photo.

 

[dinkman]

Here we are.

I'm thinking maybe quill gordon?

 

[pcray1231]

Not a great pic. But thinkin march brown there.