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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 specimen appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
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CaseyP on Apr 5, 2012April 5th, 2012, 8:47 am EDT
on the Little Juniata last week we happened upon a thick hatch of large black caddis with mottled gray wings. they sure weren't the grannoms we're used to. they were about a size 10, and by the time we'd found something at the bottom of the fly boxes to try, the fish were so full they wouldn't come up any more.
sorry, no photo. any ideas?
sorry, no photo. any ideas?
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
Entoman on Apr 5, 2012April 5th, 2012, 11:44 am EDT
Casey -
Hopefully, somebody with more familiarity with that stream will check in. The only thing that I can say is that there are five species of Brachycentrus (Grannom) reported in PA, so it doesn't surprise me that you may be seeing a species you haven't noticed before. You've also got a lot of rhyacophilids as well that may be possibilities. As to the black body with mottled gray wings, I'm not aware of any caddis with that combination in a size 10, though several species that have been around awhile as adults can have fairly dark bodies. Too bad you couldn't get a photo.:)
Hopefully, somebody with more familiarity with that stream will check in. The only thing that I can say is that there are five species of Brachycentrus (Grannom) reported in PA, so it doesn't surprise me that you may be seeing a species you haven't noticed before. You've also got a lot of rhyacophilids as well that may be possibilities. As to the black body with mottled gray wings, I'm not aware of any caddis with that combination in a size 10, though several species that have been around awhile as adults can have fairly dark bodies. Too bad you couldn't get a photo.:)
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CaseyP on Apr 5, 2012April 5th, 2012, 6:36 pm EDT
Too bad you couldn't get a photo.:)
story of my life!! i hereby pledge to always remember that the thing really is in that pocket in the new waders...
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
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