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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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As far as I can tell, this species has only previously been reported from one site in Oregon along the Columbia gorge. However, the key characteristics are fairly unmistakable in all except for one minor detail:
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.
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Oldredbarn on Dec 30, 2009December 30th, 2009, 8:34 am EST
You guys may be way ahead of me here, but you need to go to www.globalflyfisher.com...On the left side of page pick videos and on the 2nd page of videos pick "Mayfly:a life story"...Wonderful! Tell me what you think...This internet thing is really "telling on the trout"!
It's almost not fair...
Spence
It's almost not fair...
Spence
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Shawnny3 on Jan 3, 2010January 3rd, 2010, 5:09 am EST
Very nice, Spence. Thanks for sharing.
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JAD on Jan 3, 2010January 3rd, 2010, 9:29 am EST
Ya Spence
I spotted that awhile ago, I was impressed I think the younger guys have it a lot easier than we did, good for them I say.
Jad
I spotted that awhile ago, I was impressed I think the younger guys have it a lot easier than we did, good for them I say.
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.
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