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Baetis
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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As far as I can tell, this species has only previously been reported from one site in Oregon along the Columbia gorge. However, the key characteristics are fairly unmistakable in all except for one minor detail:
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.
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Martinlf on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 3:16 pm EDT
PS--Should we mention that one of our favorite fishing spots is sometimes called the "Porn Hole?" Probably not. :)
An excellent example. I just didn't have time to comment when I first saw it.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
GONZO on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 3:33 pm EDT
Geez, Louis, and here I thought that "occupatio" meant that all the chairs in the courtyard were taken! Thanks for putting a name to the rhetorical device. I'd tell Shawn that it was what I was using in a recent PM to him, but knowing Shawn, he probably already knew that.
Shawnny3 on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 7:09 pm EDT
Awesome word, Louis. I don't know that phrasing something facetiously in the negative is quite the same thing, though, Gonzo. In any case, the point was well taken.
I suppose this term could be applied to music as well? I play a little guitar, and sometimes when I'm soloing I try to lead my phrases to notes and then not play them - it's a cool effect. Actually, words like "phrasing" and "leading" overstate what I do - usually I'm just hacking my way through a progression and I'm the only one interested in listening. But it's fun. Now I've got a new word for it.
-Shawn
I suppose this term could be applied to music as well? I play a little guitar, and sometimes when I'm soloing I try to lead my phrases to notes and then not play them - it's a cool effect. Actually, words like "phrasing" and "leading" overstate what I do - usually I'm just hacking my way through a progression and I'm the only one interested in listening. But it's fun. Now I've got a new word for it.
-Shawn
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