Big Mayfly found at The Dam
THIS is one for the entomologists among the family. I was wading out at Bull Shoals on the last burst of low water when I came across this mayfly just below the Dam. Now there had been unusual reports of big “march brown” mayflies being spotted on the White, so I got Mark Lavelle, whose camera possesses a better macro than mine, to take a pic.
Did it hatch there? Maybe but possibly more likely it was blown off Bull Shoals lake and deposited on the White, we had a lot of this occurring in summer below Beaver Lake. But then again look how many other species were deposited in the Tailwater when the flood gates were open.
Any way who has the ID on this bug. It was a size 10 Id say. After the photo session we set it free _ floated unmolested as far as we could follow in the fog.
