Fly names: specific names and scientific names in SA
What always amazed me when travelling across the world fishing in the different countries are the "specific names" the hatches of the flies have.
It is the Blue winged Olive, or the White glove, or the March Brown, in the English speaking countries.
in most of the European countries, non English mother tongue, the refer to the hatches in the scientific names.
South Africa it is just a generic name, green caddis #16, or black may fly #18 etc.
Is our lack of specific names due to the lack of definitive hatches, or just laziness to learn scientific names?
Maybe ignorance?
There are 2 or 3 fly fishers that I know, that know the real insects very well, but the rest, well.....
Is it something we should focus a bit more on?
maybe the fishing will improve if we are a bit more specific with our flies and matching the insects that live under the water and the flies that hatch?