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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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Onestonefly on Mar 21, 2008March 21st, 2008, 8:02 am EDT
Would appreciate any help with finding well made hackle pliers, like the older Herb Howard ones. I don't want the rotating type, not the rubber pad ones, not the clip ones. Just the old sytle clamp ones and well made too. Thanks.
Paul
Wbranch on Mar 21, 2008March 21st, 2008, 11:24 am EDT
Do a search and read my post under fly tying tools page 2.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Andyg on Mar 23, 2008March 23rd, 2008, 10:27 am EDT
I think I've used them all but can't tell you what I have since they all lack name markings. However, I can tell you that the one I like the best is the Dorin teardrop style. It really holds the tip of a hackle feather well. With the others, I've done everything from coating the jaws with liquid plastic to filing grooves in the jaws to keep the hackle tip from sliding out. Just an opinion based on my own personal experience.
Wbranch on Mar 24, 2008March 24th, 2008, 12:20 am EDT
To anyone who is interested in the hackle pliers I mentioned in a post a couple of months ago Onestonefly found it and here is a picture.
I have had virtually every type of hackle pliers on the market and these hackle pliers have never slipped, or broken, a feather. Feathers have broken but not at the clamping point of the pliers. The really fine stems of small hackles or partridge feathers sometimes are just too fragile to be wound. The plier has worked flawlessly for me.
It is available at Bob Marriot's.
I have had virtually every type of hackle pliers on the market and these hackle pliers have never slipped, or broken, a feather. Feathers have broken but not at the clamping point of the pliers. The really fine stems of small hackles or partridge feathers sometimes are just too fragile to be wound. The plier has worked flawlessly for me.
It is available at Bob Marriot's.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
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