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 …
Liz and I were out and about taking photographs for her class and decided to stop by a section of water that is close to town. I haven’t fished this tight section of water. This would be a roll cast only zone. Still I love looking at the water, trying …
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 …
Since starting my flyfishing journey in June I have since bought a wonderful rotary vise and spent quite sometime researching, watching (youtube.com), thinking about fly tying and how I can create my own flies mainly because of two reasons the first practical, Winona lacks any concept of a fly shop …
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 last week has been a rather busy one. Designing and running a musical means long hours for almost two full weeks prepping, running rehearsals and then the shows. Anyways, during one of the long days while thinking about water I ran an errand and stopped by some water that is …
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. …
Spent alot of time on the water this summer. Saw amazing things and wanted to share a video. I remember watching this wondering what they were feasting on. I now believe it was midge flies. The picture was taken that same morning less than 50yds upstream. I tried counting all …
