Swisher & Richards' Mayfly Still Born

Freewing Stillborn Mayfly

Slate/Olive Free-style Stillborn

According to Doug Swisher and Carl Richards stillborn mayflies are a freak of nature. These stillborns can range to when a Mayfly has issues with the tailing shuck to when wings have issues breaking out of the wing case. They do point out that if one or both wings break out of the wing case that the legs are no longer observed. If the Stillborn’s wings have not broke free of the wing case the Mayfly still has it’s legs so that they should be included.

So I would recommend that you include a few of these flies in that Mayfly Fly Box.

Material List:
Hook: Standard Dry Fly Hook, Size 16
Thread: 8/0 Brown Olive
Shuck: Dark Brown Hen Hackle Tip
Body: Olive & Brown Olive Dubbing
Wings: Natural Mallard Duck Quill Segments