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That (almost) monochromatic context makes the peacock shine more brightly than I've ever noticed elsewhere. The effect is along the lines of one of those digitally edited photos with only one element in colour.

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Black and yeller
Can catch
Fish for a feller.
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Pretty sophisticated. (I'm more at the stage of, "What is that miniscule, blurry object before me?" With time and something heftier than 2.00 diopters, who knows?)

The fly's a looker, too.
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. . . see about getting some goats hair to make it . . .

And then name it El Cabrito.


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Aptly named: she's prissy and prancing.

_____ When in doubt, whip the peacock out. (Good thing is, even if the troot ignore these, we almost certainly have bluegill- or green sunfish-slayers on our hands.) Size . . . 14-18? The pupa are green with dark bands normally. After they emerge and fly about for a couple hours the bodies turn brow...

Have you been able to positively identify those as a caddis species?

No. The "black caddis" reference comes from this fishing/hatch report.

Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: BWOs, Midges, Black Caddis, March Browns

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_____ Thanks for the replies. Tom, I'd elaborate if I could. The wasp-bodied, black bugs on the tree (sorry—no size reference) were streamside in late May, and the "black caddis" report is from the last week in January, so these hatches could be entirely unrelated. The ambiguous or catch-a...