Left work the other day with an hour of light. The air temp on my way to the stream was 29 degrees but I was layered well and ready for a short romp in the water. There is something very calming and peaceful about being on the water at dusk. …
K.now Y.our M.acro I.nvertebrates! A small collection of resources for the macro’s. Hudson Basin Quiz (Excellent Detailed Information) Macro Match Game (Simple, Fun) Iowater Quiz (It’s ok)
Finished work today and took another quick run to a stream almost in town. I did essentially the same routine as yesterday but yesterday being my first time taking samples today I found it easier to find what I was looking for. Things …
After work I dawned a set of hip-waders and a rain coat, no rod, no reel, and no fly box just a backpack, camera, and items for research. I drove to a stream that I spent much of my summer on. I figured this would be a good place to …
Caddis Fly Entomology Series Coming Soon After reading Hatches 2 I was alittle dissapointed that I chose to research Mayflies first. I guess while fishing this summer was too intent on the fish to notice much else, including what they were really doing and eating, that I didn’t see a single …
Tying to Imitate The following is a list of all the species of Mayfly that inhabit the waters around me and hopefully a comprehensive list of size and color for both surface dries and subsurface nymphs. The one major piece of advice that Hatches 2 presents is that the best …
The Swimmers The Darting Swimmers Families Baetidae, Siphloridae and Metretopodidae. The two main species found in S.E. MN are two forms of the ever popular BWO. We have the Baetis and the Plauditus punctiventris. These are both found in the Baetidae family when identifying these nymphs from the other two …
The Hatch I saw this video on the Moldy Chum’s Blog and on Mountain River Journal’s Blog and found it to be quite informative and very well done. As it is of mayflies I thought it fitting to post it here for my future reference. Note: The nymphs in the beginning …
The Burrowers The Slit Dwelling Burrowers Families Ephemeridae, Potamanthidae and Polymitarcyidae The first thing that should be said about the three species of mayfly I chose to research is that both The Hex, and the White Fly are both excluded from the hatch chart I’ve been using and the reason …
The Clingers The Fast Water Clingers Family Heptageniidae These nymphs all have flat slender bodies, they also all have stronger legs to hold in fast flowing water. All the nymphs except the Epeorus genus have three tails, epeorus having only two. The mayflies that have substantial hatch numbers in S.E. …
