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.
Each specimen optimizing flow velocity creating a group pattern that tracks the laminar flow like smoke in a wind tunnel?
Each specimen optimizing flow velocity creating a group pattern that tracks the laminar flow like smoke in a wind tunnel?
Wow! I don't know what you said, but it sure sounds intelligent.
I'm talking about the flow of water over the rock and each organisms attemts to adapt to the changes in it caused by the others.
It would have been helpful for our discussion had the rock's position, relative to the current flow direction, been known. Yes?
I believe this is actually the site of a mosh pit at a caddis rave. Had Eric put his ear very close to the rock before removing it from the stream he most likely would have heard the sound of electric guitars. In a few minutes the larvae surfing would have begun.
I'm pretty sure these are Neophylax.