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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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This one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their larvae.
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Donnie
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Donnie on Nov 8, 2011November 8th, 2011, 6:00 am EST
just want to say im learning to fly fish have done it for years but just for bream but now i want to do it about 3 days a week.I fish 6 days a week im somewhat disable since 1995 At one time i had a fly that looked like a big black ant an i caught alot of red breast but lost it years ago an cant find another like it.I guess what im asking is if you can give me some tips on good flies it would be great i want to get into this alot more we have no trout where i live but i fish for bream,crappie,bass,red fin pike,jack.Cant aford alot at one time but if its not to high an you can put together some good flies for these fish let me know.Thanks for your time. donniep334@gmail.com
Entoman on Nov 8, 2011November 8th, 2011, 6:36 am EST
Hi Donnie,
Welcome to the forum!
Well for starters, let's get that special ant fly replaced as best we can. Can you describe it? Wet fly or dry, size, regular or long shank hook (two times the length of the hook gap or longer) Hackle color (if any) & where it was wound, body material (fur, foam rubber, etc), 3 segmented or two? Rubber legs (or not), wings (or not); was it bulkier than a real ant or about the same, etc.
As to other flies, their are a few friends on the forum with lots of sunfish & bass experience that will be sharing info with you soon, I'm sure.
Happy angling!
Welcome to the forum!
...you can put together some good flies for these fish let me know...
Well for starters, let's get that special ant fly replaced as best we can. Can you describe it? Wet fly or dry, size, regular or long shank hook (two times the length of the hook gap or longer) Hackle color (if any) & where it was wound, body material (fur, foam rubber, etc), 3 segmented or two? Rubber legs (or not), wings (or not); was it bulkier than a real ant or about the same, etc.
As to other flies, their are a few friends on the forum with lots of sunfish & bass experience that will be sharing info with you soon, I'm sure.
Happy angling!
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
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