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.
Oldredbarn on Aug 26, 2011August 26th, 2011, 5:55 am EDT
Jess,
I'm nearing the end of Ames' book "Caddisflies" and there is some interesting discussion there about how some caddis have adapted to water conditions that look like the rivers behind you. Where during the summer months they can almost dry up in spots. Their eggs somehow actually delay their hatching until those rivers fill back in during the fall rains etc.
The rivers behind you remind me a bit of some of the rivers I've seen in western Maryland where my mother grew up...
Spence
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