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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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JAD on Jun 29, 2010June 29th, 2010, 2:18 am EDT
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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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Oldredbarn on Jun 29, 2010June 29th, 2010, 5:34 am EDT
Whoa!!! And I was just about to get ready for Tricos! Maybe I need to rethink this a bit...:)
I'm wondering if that trout was dead and floating downstream when that Brown picked it up? Maybe mis-handled release or over played fish? I have always heard about them sneaking up from behind...It's hard to tell...Maybe someone just tossed the rainbow in to a pool to see what would happen.
Incredible shots though.
Spence
Speaking of Tricos...I can never get over the idea that we were just fishing monster Hex and all of a sudden, instead of midnight fishing it's sun-up and tiny, tiny flies??? Strange!
I'm wondering if that trout was dead and floating downstream when that Brown picked it up? Maybe mis-handled release or over played fish? I have always heard about them sneaking up from behind...It's hard to tell...Maybe someone just tossed the rainbow in to a pool to see what would happen.
Incredible shots though.
Spence
Speaking of Tricos...I can never get over the idea that we were just fishing monster Hex and all of a sudden, instead of midnight fishing it's sun-up and tiny, tiny flies??? Strange!
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Flatstick96 on Jun 30, 2010June 30th, 2010, 8:07 am EDT
Our dad (a bait fisherman) loves to remind my brothers and I, as we're tying on our flies: "Remember guys, big fish like big food!"
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