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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 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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Thai on Mar 17, 2012March 17th, 2012, 7:21 am EDT
Hi Everyone,
We are heading for the Kenai and Russian River for 2012 salmon runs. We will stay on the Russian campground for a couple of days and may have time to try out trout fishing on the Russian. I have the gear for trout, but wonder what type of Flies and hook Size to bring in mid-end of July. My research came up with Bugger, egg sucking leach, Muddler, bunny leach and of course any egg pattern.
The information I read do not include hook Size and what is legal and illegal regarding what can be use and hook size to use.
If you have experience or knowledge of such information to share, I am greatly approciated.
Thanks so much..Thai
We are heading for the Kenai and Russian River for 2012 salmon runs. We will stay on the Russian campground for a couple of days and may have time to try out trout fishing on the Russian. I have the gear for trout, but wonder what type of Flies and hook Size to bring in mid-end of July. My research came up with Bugger, egg sucking leach, Muddler, bunny leach and of course any egg pattern.
The information I read do not include hook Size and what is legal and illegal regarding what can be use and hook size to use.
If you have experience or knowledge of such information to share, I am greatly approciated.
Thanks so much..Thai
GldstrmSam on Mar 17, 2012March 17th, 2012, 2:41 pm EDT
Welcome Thai,
This is a good site for the fly patterns and hook sizes.
http://www.alaskaflyfishingonline.com/afb/index.html
Here is a link to the Kenai river regulations.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/fishregulations/PDFs/southcentral/sckenairegulations.pdf
I hope this helps,
Sam
This is a good site for the fly patterns and hook sizes.
http://www.alaskaflyfishingonline.com/afb/index.html
Here is a link to the Kenai river regulations.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/fishregulations/PDFs/southcentral/sckenairegulations.pdf
I hope this helps,
Sam
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Troutnut on Mar 18, 2012March 18th, 2012, 12:59 pm EDT
The most popular way to fish for trout and dollies there at the time of year is with beads that simulated eggs, usually fished "chuck-n-duck" style to get them down to the bottom fast in heavy current. Not just any random beads will do, but I think some fly shops near the Kenai sell ones that work. People often create various shades and complex colors using nail polish, to "match the hatch" of the current crop of salmon eggs.
I never really got into this bead fishing thing, but it certainly works, and there's a surprising amount of skill to it (as I learned when I tried it once and got severely outfished by some guys who knew the technique well).
I never really got into this bead fishing thing, but it certainly works, and there's a surprising amount of skill to it (as I learned when I tried it once and got severely outfished by some guys who knew the technique well).
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
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