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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Neoleptophlebia Mayfly Nymph Neoleptophlebia Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.

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Commercial Tyer Buried in Saddles

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278

TNEAL on Sep 13, 2015September 13th, 2015, 4:22 am EDT

Jason has kindly allowed me to share that I am "over hackled' with saddles and will make them available to troutnutters at my cost. I have 35-40 or so that I won't be using for at least five years. Let me know if you are interested.

Tim

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Sep 13, 2015September 13th, 2015, 11:12 am EDT

Hey Tim, what colors do you have? One can never have too many (OK, perhaps you do...).

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278

TNEAL on Sep 15, 2015September 15th, 2015, 9:06 am EDT

Jonathon,

I have grizzly, brown, barred ginger, dyed black, dun, cream and ginger.

Roguerat

Posts: 456

Roguerat on Sep 15, 2015September 15th, 2015, 1:42 pm EDT

Tim,

Picking nits here but is the ginger light or medium?

And, being saddles, are they sized for a range of hooks?

Lots of questions, but I might be interested.

tight lines from a fellow Michigander albeit south of your stomping/fishing grounds (I'm nearer the 'west coast' L Michigan area...).

I was fairly close to Grayling a few weeks back, on the Big Manistee at CCC Bridge and roughin' it at the campground. Heaven on earth...

Roguerat

'Less is more...'

Ludwig Mies Vande Rohe

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278

TNEAL on Sep 15, 2015September 15th, 2015, 8:07 pm EDT

Roguerat,

The ginger is medium..

They will tie a variety of sizes depending on the saddle. Let me know what you are looking for and I'll see if something fits.

PM me if you would..

Tim

Wiflyfisher

Wisconsin

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Wiflyfisher on Sep 23, 2015September 23rd, 2015, 3:38 pm EDT

You have had grizzly saddles for 5 years? You mean you sat on them through the hair fade craze??? Whiting is still holding on to his grizz saddles and capes hoping for a return of the hair feather fade.

John S.
https://WiFlyFisher.com

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278

TNEAL on Sep 24, 2015September 24th, 2015, 4:24 am EDT

I never sold any of the 130 or so saddles I own. Disconcerting to me that the companies turned their backs on those who put them in business in the first place. I should say I never sold any at the outrageous prices they were commanding. I did sell a few to fellow fly tyers.