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Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
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Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.
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JOHNW on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 11:53 am EST
Here are my two contributions to the swap.
The first is a cutwing sulphur using the foam stirrup technique to give a stable base to wrap the parachute on.
The second is a take on the woven Czech Nymph slanted toward the rockworm and grannom caddis of the Little Juniata.
JW
"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn
JAD on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 1:19 pm EST
As always John, nice ties.
JaD
JaD
They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,
LittleJ on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 1:57 pm EST
john, both look great...can't wait to see the czech nymph, the pattern i'm sending is kinda similar, but with another weave.
jeff
jeff
Wbranch on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 2:04 pm EST
Hello all,
Please forgive my ignorance but how does a fly swap work? I'd like to participate if it is still open. Is there a specific theme or do the contributors tie whatever they like? Thanks.
Please forgive my ignorance but how does a fly swap work? I'd like to participate if it is still open. Is there a specific theme or do the contributors tie whatever they like? Thanks.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Martinlf on Jan 22, 2008January 22nd, 2008, 4:16 am EST
Matt, I think all the flies are sent on this one, but I'd be glad to do another. One guy (this would be me) has flies sent to him, enough for one to two for everyone swapping, along with addresses and he mails everyone one (or two etc.) of each pattern. I'll post up another thread and see if some folks want to start a new one. Otherwise, I'll be glad to swap some with you. I can send you what I tied up (JW will post photos), or some others. I know some of your patterns, and can try to send you something different.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
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