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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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I was not fishing, but happened to be at an unrelated social event on a hill above this tiny creek (which I never even saw) when this stonefly flew by me. I assume it came from there. Some key characteristics are tricky to follow, but process of elimination ultimately led me to Sweltsa borealis. It is reassuringly similar to this specimen posted by Bob Newell years ago. It is also so strikingly similar to this nymph from the same river system that I'm comfortable identifying that nymph from this adult. I was especially pleased with the closeup photo of four mites parasitizing this one.
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Wbranch on Jan 28, 2012January 28th, 2012, 11:38 am EST
Hi Casey,
Well I wish I could of responded to your "cats can't swim" comment in the original post about alternative fly tying material - but I don't know how to correct the settings error I am experiencing.
But anyway I thought you should look at these.
Google Image search - pictures of swimming cats
Well I wish I could of responded to your "cats can't swim" comment in the original post about alternative fly tying material - but I don't know how to correct the settings error I am experiencing.
But anyway I thought you should look at these.
Google Image search - pictures of swimming cats
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
CaseyP on Jan 28, 2012January 28th, 2012, 12:23 pm EST
oh, my gosh, how funny! had to show it to the rest of the cat fanciers in the family and we're all just teary-eyed with laughter.
thanks for a good air-clearing post! now that's settled, we can all toss our moggies into the pool and watch their funny faces.
however, i still maintain that a a gold-ribbed cat's hare nymph will not float!
thanks for a good air-clearing post! now that's settled, we can all toss our moggies into the pool and watch their funny faces.
however, i still maintain that a a gold-ribbed cat's hare nymph will not float!
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
Jmd123 on Jan 29, 2012January 29th, 2012, 7:11 pm EST
Oh man Matt, that's just too funny!!! Heheheheheheheh...
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Oldredbarn on Jan 30, 2012January 30th, 2012, 4:55 am EST
however, i still maintain that a a gold-ribbed cat's hare nymph will not float!
Casey,
I once watched a squirrel swim across the South Branch of the Au Sable. It was a hoot! It's tail looked like it had been dipped in floatant and was riding like a bobber on the river. I kept waiting for a monster Brown or pike to swallow him whole...
Squirrel dubbing is sold as nymph dubbing and they can swim pretty good as well...Why not your cat dub? :) We'll call it "Casey's Cat Dub" and sell it in one of those dubbing boxes in ten "promised to score" colors! You will be rich!
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
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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