Warren wrote:
wrote...
That's a good picture, next time try to get a picture of the viens
in a
wing, and then go to the website I manage for our flyfishing club.
Roger Rohrbeck has developed an identification scheme that gets you
to
the genus for Washington mayflies, and I think that includes most of
what you can find in Montana too.

You mean like this?
http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt/wings.html

You've got a great picture there, but it's hard to separate the viens
in the two wings so I can follow the questions from Roger's pages. The
key is to slip a piece of paper between the wings, or just pull a wing
off the fly and shoot it separately.


www.offc.org is the website. Click on the entomology link, and then
the WA Mayfly identification section. The questions are full of
technical terms, but they are all defined on a page also linked to
on
the entomology page. Roger is still working on this stuff and would
appreciate any comments anyone has on the page.

VERY useful site. The only thing I would suggest is actual pictures
with the descriptions, which I understand is going to be very hard
to do. Perhaps users can submit pics? Running through the Q&A and
then having possibilities is great and the descriptions are great,
but the lack of an actual pic to confirm is kind of a drag.

I couldn't agree with you more. I've been taking pictures of the
mayflies I see on the river and sending them to Roger so he can have
the kind of pictures you're talking about. I'm sure he'd appreciate
pictures from you too.

Thanks,


Chas
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