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.
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This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).
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Motrout on Mar 19, 2010March 19th, 2010, 2:31 pm EDT
I'm from Eastern Missouri of all places, I like to fish for trout in the streams of the Southern Missouri Ozarks. I'm headed down to the Current tommorrow, will give a fishing report. Just wanted to say hello. I help run a fishing website, which I won't link to until I've actually contributed something useful on the forum LOL.
"I don't know what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know."-John Gierach
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
Martinlf on Mar 19, 2010March 19th, 2010, 2:41 pm EDT
Welcome to the site, you'll find friendly folks here who love to fish and talk bugs.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
Motrout on Mar 20, 2010March 20th, 2010, 1:32 am EDT
Thanks. Sure seems like a nice website here.
"I don't know what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know."-John Gierach
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
Mudshack on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 2:14 am EDT
I am in NW Missouri. Howdy neighbor.
Jmd123 on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 6:33 am EDT
You MO guys are giving me the fits - I guess I just need to go on a fishing vacation down there sometime! Some old stomping grounds...
Jonathon
P.S. Mudshack, be sure to check out the Blue River south of KC for largemouth, panfish (including white crappie), and channel cats (I actually managed to catch a couple of them on FLIES a few years ago in TX). GOOD LUCK!!!
Jonathon
P.S. Mudshack, be sure to check out the Blue River south of KC for largemouth, panfish (including white crappie), and channel cats (I actually managed to catch a couple of them on FLIES a few years ago in TX). GOOD LUCK!!!
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Mudshack on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 7:53 am EDT
Yeh, the Blue is pretty and has a ton of deer around it. Channel cats.....hmmm....never thought of that. I figured it was a chub, sucker and rockbass stream.
Troutnut on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 8:08 am EDT
How did that Ozark fishing trip turn out?
I grew up in northeastern Missouri, in Kirksville. I'm very glad to have lived in troutier places since I moved away from there!
I grew up in northeastern Missouri, in Kirksville. I'm very glad to have lived in troutier places since I moved away from there!
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Jmd123 on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 11:01 am EDT
Mudshack, I did pop a 16" largemouth in the Blue on a little (#10) silver minnow imitation once. It was nothing more than some silver Mylar braided tubing and a pair of small silver dumbell eyes, but as soon as it hit the water that fat boy swam up to it and sucked it in, before I could even begin to strip it. YEE HAW!!
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Jmd123 on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 11:03 am EDT
P.S. I don't remember ever pulling any rock bass out of there (many more down south with the smallies), however I did get some nice bluegill, green sunfish, and white crappie. There are also CARP if you are inclined to chase them (I am not).
JMD
JMD
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Motrout on Apr 14, 2010April 14th, 2010, 1:04 pm EDT
Troutnut, the trip that weekend turned out pretty good... The fish were rising to caddis, which made for a pretty nice day.
"I don't know what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know."-John Gierach
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
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