Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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Ephemerella mucronata Mayfly Nymph Ephemerella mucronata Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Ephemerella mucronata (Ephemerellidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.

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Hardy cane rods

Flebow
NW Montana

Posts: 1

Flebow on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 10:51 am EDT

A good but ditant friend and fishing partner sent me a Hardy 6 wt 3 piece rod plus an extra tripfor my 65th b'day
It says Palakona
http://www.westslopefly.com/rods/dsp_rodDetails.cfm?rodID=180
8" 6" #6

I am sure that mine is a copy as I can find NO serial # and I have inspected it w a magnifier already
There is also no provenance

I have other 5 and 6 wts w Lamson Evolution , Waterworks, Ross reels
& one Galvan reel

I am looking for a reel to fit this rod -Two suggestions so far are the Hardy Perfect - too much$$
and a Grey reel made by Hardy (looks good)
Does anyone have suggestions on reels and lines w/o breaking the bank

Thanks in advance Fred

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 11:22 am EDT

http://oldtimeangler.tripod.com/index/hardyclassicpalakona.htm

Does your friend, by chance wrap his own rods? He may have purchased the blanks and put this rod together for you. Usually a guy would have added length/weight etc and any other info near the butt end of the rod blank down near its grip...A friend of mine added my name to a rod he built for me, but to see it you need to hold it in the right light...He said he did it so I'd never sell the rod...:)

How does that Ross look attached to this rod? If you have a reel that matches the rod already you can save yourself a few bucks right there...I know that's a crazy remark considering, "Who doesn't want new reels/toys?

The Hardy Lightweight series of reels are classics and look nice with the look of cane...They have the Flyweight- Featherweight- and LRH along with the Princess...For this rod maybe the LRH would be nice at around $250 from Dan Bailey's not too, too far from you...$69 gets you an extra spool. This is probably the gray reel you mentioned above.

Once you tie in to a nice fish the reel makes a wonderful sound, but hasn't a drag to speak of...

Tightlines!

Spence

"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

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

Posts: 470

Gutcutter on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 4:53 pm EDT

The "new" pfleuger medalists (made in asia) are still a nice reel and compliment a cane rod nicely. You could find a vintage medalist on the auction sites but there are many medalist "junkies" out there...
Good luck

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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Oct 22, 2011October 22nd, 2011, 6:19 pm EDT

In my opinion the only reels that belongs on a classic cane rod are either a Hardy Featherweight, a LRH, or a Princess depending on the length and line weight of the rod. Preferably reels made prior to where the line guard went from two screws and German silver to one screw and some less than classic metal. I have six older Hardy's four of which have the two screw line guards. When I bought my first LRH around 1965 it cost me $25 new with the red vinyl zipper case and the spool cost me the princely sum of $7.00.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.