Troutnut Forum > Get Bugs Identified > Is this a Western Quill Gordon??
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| Levwood | July 20th, 2008, 8:35 pm | |
| Grosse Pte. Michigan Posts: 1 | Could you please help me identify the bug in the attached photo. I > was fishing last week in SW Alberta on the Crowsnest River. These > spinners came out at around 9:00 and we fished to them for about an hour. > > Vic Bergman at the Crowsnest Angler says it is a Quill Gordon. I > looked at some of your photos and descriptions. Could it be /Epeorus/ > / > albertae/ ? I'd say it's a size 16. > > Please give it a shot and let me know. > > Thanks, > > Lev | |
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| GONZO | July 20th, 2008, 10:32 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 1003 | Looks about right for an E. albertae spinner, though I suppose it could be longimanus. The folks on the Crowsnest apparently refer to the Epeorus hatches generally as Quill Gordons, even though they are not E. pleuralis. | |
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