Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

Blue-winged Olives
Baetis

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.

Sunlight perfectly strikes the trees at a bend in the Foss River in the Washington Cascades.

From the Foss River in Washington

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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

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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Spey Rods

Jjlyon01
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse

Posts: 71

Jjlyon01 on Oct 20, 2008October 20th, 2008, 3:00 am EDT

I got my hands on a Spey rod for the first time this weekend and now I NEED one. Does anyone here know much about spey rodding? What company should I look into to get myself one? Has anyone seen the new ZPEY spey rods?

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LittleJ
Hollidaysburg Pa

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LittleJ on Oct 20, 2008October 20th, 2008, 10:36 am EDT

I've never fished a spey rod, but I do like the 11' z- axis.... I also have a friend who fishes steelhead with a tfo spey and really seems to like it.fwiw
jeff

Jjlyon01
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse

Posts: 71

Jjlyon01 on Oct 20, 2008October 20th, 2008, 11:54 am EDT

Thanks Jeff. I was using my friends Echo rod. I really love what Tim Rajeff did only problem I had with it was the ferrules seemed very lose on it even though my friend had them taped. Does anyone know if this is common or what?

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Trtklr
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Michigan

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Trtklr on Oct 26, 2008October 26th, 2008, 9:35 am EDT

spey rods are coming back. work great for areas where its tough to get a lot of room on a backcast. I would look for one with a detachable bottom. so you can have what looks like a regular fly pole, attach the bottom 6 or 7 inches and shazam! spey rod!

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