Lateral view of a Female Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeridae) (Hex) Mayfly Dun from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.

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What is a "DST" quill?

Flags
Northwestern Pennsylvania

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Flags on Feb 10, 2009February 10th, 2009, 12:41 am EST

Hans Weilenmann ties a sulphur comparadun in which he uses a "DST" quill for the abdomen. I have never encountered the term "DST".can anyone explain / define it for me?

Thanks,

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Flags
Northwestern Pennsylvania

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Flags on Feb 10, 2009February 10th, 2009, 6:18 am EST

The board says there is a response to this by Taxon..but I find nothing below my original question.?

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Falsifly

Hayward, WI.

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Falsifly on Feb 10, 2009February 10th, 2009, 6:40 am EST

Dyed Stripped Turkey ?

Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Flags
Northwestern Pennsylvania

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Flags on Feb 10, 2009February 10th, 2009, 8:22 am EST

Falsifly: Thank you for that information..........there it was right in frongt of my nose and I didn't see it.........it's a forest and tree thing I guess.

At any rate I will be able to sleep better tonight.....

Thanks again,

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Allan
southern tier NY

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Allan on Sep 7, 2011September 7th, 2011, 10:15 am EDT

Falsifly: Thank you for that information..........there it was right in frongt of my nose and I didn't see it.........it's a forest and tree thing I guess.

At any rate I will be able to sleep better tonight.....

Thanks again,

Flags

Flags,

You asked, 'What are DST Quills'? Well, they are not turkey biots or turkey anything. I should know since I developed them. I'll not tell you what they are but I'd be more than willing to send you some samples. Oh, here's a photo of an Olive tied with DST Quill body.

and a Red Quill

and an extended body Potamantus

Oh, I just looked at the fly you referred to. I believe it's a fly that I tyed and Hans photo'd for his site.

Allan

Taxon

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Plano, TX

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Taxon on Sep 7, 2011September 7th, 2011, 8:14 pm EDT

Mike-

PM sent.

Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Sep 8, 2011September 8th, 2011, 11:46 am EDT

You asked, 'What are DST Quills'? Well, they are not turkey biots or turkey anything. I should know since I developed them.

Ok. What does DST stand for then? If not what Allan (Falsifly) stated?

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Allan
southern tier NY

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Allan on Sep 8, 2011September 8th, 2011, 2:22 pm EDT

You asked, 'What are DST Quills'? Well, they are not turkey biots or turkey anything. I should know since I developed them.

Ok. What does DST stand for then? If not what Allan (Falsifly) stated?

Spence

Hi,

It stands for 'D'yed 'S'pecially 'T'reated, Quills.

Allan