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 one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
Roguerat on Nov 5, 2013November 5th, 2013, 6:43 am EST
I'm wondering what to do with some hair I was recently bequeathed, in terms of tying and not for my fading-fast noggin. (God gave some guys perfect heads, to the others He gave hair...).
Seriously, I've now got lion mane, zebra, what appears to be antelope, and some other odds and ends from various African species. A friend's mother got this stuff from a member of her clan, thought of me, and now I"m pondering on what can be tied using these new materials as substitutes.
I'll be hitting the pattern books and websites this weekend, maybe whip up a 'Simba Sculpin' or two!