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.
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
Wbranch on Apr 24, 2012April 24th, 2012, 6:49 pm EDT
Since I've never been able to solve the problem as to why the pics I UL to my posts show up only as thumbnail size I have to use this section to show my pics.
This pics are related to the thread about "the dubbing debate2: to spin or loop"
Many of the thoraxes on these nymphs was created with a dubbing loop.
Entoman on Apr 24, 2012April 24th, 2012, 9:19 pm EDT
I like, Matt. Very nice!
"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
Wbranch on Apr 25, 2012April 25th, 2012, 3:06 pm EDT
Thanks guys! Jesse I might have pretty nymphs but I no longer nymph for trout, in the traditional sense. Where I fish in the East and when I go to MT in July, there is no need to ever consider nymphing. All those nymphs and about three other fly boxes were tied pretty much just for Great Lakes creeks and steelhead.
I do sometimes trail a little #18 BH on a piece of 5X about 6" long behind my dry in MT.
Wbranch on Jan 10, 2013January 10th, 2013, 1:05 pm EST
Roguerat,
"GREAT looking flies!"
Thank you Sir!
I started tying again on Monday. I reviewed all my Catskill & Montana boxes, well over 4,000 flies, and decided that other than a dozen caddis pupa and some PMD emergers I really don't need to tie any more flies. However I probably will tie another 200 or so by the end of March just to keep busy during the day.