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WESTERN MAYFLY DESCRIPTION

From Selective Trout — Doug Swisher and Card Richards

Epeorus Longimanus (Slate Brown Dun or Slate-wing Drakes) (size 14)
NYMPH: Habitat, small to medium size streams above 5,000 ft. on large rocks
Body: Dark grayish brown, light brown underneath
Wing Pads: Dark brownish black
Tails: Tan with dark brown markings
Legs: Tan with dark markings
DUN:
Body: Light gray with dark markings on the back
Wing Pads: Dark gray
Tails: 2 gray with dark brown markings
Legs: Tan shading to brown
SPINNER:
Body: Pale brownish, although can vary to reddish brown according to locality
Wings: Hyaline
Tails: 2 tan mottled
Ephemerella inermis (Pale Morning Dun or Olive Quill) (Late season species) (size 20-22)
NYMPH: Habitat, gravel and aquatic vegetation in all speeds of water
Body: Dark brownish olive
Wing Pads: Dark olive brown
Tails: 3 brown with black bands
Legs: Brownish olive
DUN:
Body: Bright, light olive yellow
Wings: Light gray
Tails: 3 tan with dark brown at joinings
Legs: Light olive
SPINNER:
Body: Male-yellowish brown
Female-yellowish olive
Wings: Hyaline
Tails: 3 light tan with brown joinings
Legs: Olive tan