Rhithrogena germanica is a European species of mayfly, and is "probably the most famous of all British mayflies", because of its use in fly fishing. It is known in the British Isles as the March brown
Ephemeroptera 2
R. germanica subimago on Equisetum hyemale
Fishing flies from Charles Bowlker's Art of Angling, 1854. 3. March brown