Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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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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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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Seaweed in fish's diet?

Shawnny3
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Shawnny3 on Jun 24, 2013June 24th, 2013, 10:53 am EDT

My brother and I kept a few fish for dinner the other night and examined the stomach contents. There were a few insects and shrimp, but what I was most intrigued by was that about 95% of what was in their stomachs was seaweed. We were wondering if the fish consume this because they know it contains crustaceans and insects, or if the seaweed is consumed unintentionally as they consume bugs, or if they actually gain some nutrition from the seaweed. Thoughts?

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Kschaefer3

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Kschaefer3 on Jun 24, 2013June 24th, 2013, 11:06 am EDT

I would be inclined to think they eat seaweed as a by product of eating insects and crustaceans, or because they know insects and crustaceans reside in them. This is a very interesting question though. Anyone have a good seaweed fly?

PaulRoberts

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PaulRoberts on Jun 26, 2013June 26th, 2013, 4:03 pm EDT

Dunno. I've seen it too -filamentous algae I believe, but not to that degree. Any idea what the plants were?

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Shawnny3 on Jun 26, 2013June 26th, 2013, 6:22 pm EDT

Not a clue. Probably the same stuff we kept picking off our flies. Maybe we should have left it on there. Then again, would that be considered bait fishing?

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Gutcutter

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Gutcutter on Jun 27, 2013June 27th, 2013, 4:06 pm EDT

Maybe they're a vegan subspecies?

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PaulRoberts on Jun 28, 2013June 28th, 2013, 1:52 pm EDT