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What's your favorite insect hatch to fish?

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QUOTE (TKontio @ Jan 20 2005, 10:04 AM)
My favorite hatch is the taeniopteryx nebulosa wich is part of the stonefly family. Here in Finland it starts the season for many flyfishers because it's the first dryflyevent of the year. It hatches when the temperature rises few degrees above zero (celsius) so there is still alot of snow on the ground and water is cold. Many fishers use the nymph of the bug but I think it's more fun to use dryflies when you have the opportunity.
here's a pic of the nasty bugger and some other pics if the link works correctly.
taeniopteryx nebulosa

Tino-

 

Nice pictures. Here in Washington, USA, we have the Taeniopteryx nivalis (Boreal Willowfly), which is also popular with flyfishers willing to brave the late winter elements.

 

 

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QUOTE (Smuggler @ Jan 20 2005, 02:13 PM)
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Well Taxon we are getting very neat ALPHABETICAL indeed.
The Mayfly Dun won the Ozzie FlyLife thread. Must admit the dun was my first fly fishing experience, breathtaking. Just returned from a mountain river and the little browns loved a sulphur paradun on an ultra-lite rod great fun.

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Cheers
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Smuggler-

 

Well, it was getting too difficult to find locations. Sounds like you're having too much fun down there. You're in the middle of summer now, aren't you; that just doesn't seem fair.

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QUOTE (nedbm3 @ Jan 20 2005, 04:29 PM)
The Green Drake hatch is the most exciting for me by far.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pennsylvaniaflyfishing/

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Green Drake is the common name for Drunella doddsi, Drunella grandis grandis, Drunella grandis ingens, and Ephemera guttulata, and with that, mayfly hatches just pulled into a tie for the lead!

 

This is how the tally stands at the moment:

 

11 for Caddisfly hatches

11 for Mayfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 1 Ant, 1 Wasp)

3 for Stonefly hatches

2 for True Fly hatches (1 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Mystery Bug (to be identified later)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Australia (Smuggler)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler)

Minnesota (JasonN)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish)

Washington (Taxon)

--------------- ----------------

15 locations 25 flyfishers

 

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For me as a steelheader I would have to say stoneflies all the way. Big ones in the fall and small blacks during the winter through to spring.

 

Art

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Taxon

It is mid summer here , probably the best river season we have had for a while. We had drought for 3 years and it knocked our poor trout about. Here in Victoria the fishing reports have been very good and I have been out and about as much as possable. My next trip is with Wilcara to the NE. Some nice creeks and rivers, gotta burn up the calories from Christmas dinner.

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PS. You do know the trout swirl in the opposite direction here making them harder to catch, were you aware that we tie our flies down under and out back to compensate. lol.gif

 

Cheers

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The pic is a Murray Cod Fly. The Cod grow over 100lbs and can eat cats and if it gets lucky your fly.

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QUOTE (artimus @ Jan 21 2005, 08:31 AM)
For me as a steelheader I would have to say stoneflies all the way. Big ones in the fall and small blacks during the winter through to spring.

Art

artimis-

 

Steelhead and trout strike stoneflies, for sure.

 

This is how the tally stands at the moment:

 

11 for Caddisfly hatches

11 for Mayfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 1 Ant, 1 Wasp)

4 for Stonefly hatches

2 for True Fly hatches (1 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Mystery Bug (to be identified later)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Australia (Smuggler)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler)

Minnesota (JasonN)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish)

Washington (Taxon)

--------------- ----------------

15 locations 26 flyfishers

 

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QUOTE (Smuggler @ Jan 21 2005, 01:14 PM)
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It is mid summer here , probably the best river season we have had for a while. We had drought for 3 years and it knocked our poor trout about. Here in Victoria the fishing reports have been very good and I have been out and about as much as possable. My next trip is with Wilcara to the NE. Some nice creeks and rivers, gotta burn up the calories from Christmas dinner.
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PS. You do know the trout swirl in the opposite direction here making them harder to catch, were you aware that we tie our flies down under and out back to compensate. lol.gif

Cheers
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The pic is a Murray Cod Fly. The Cod grow over 100lbs and can eat cats and if it gets lucky your fly.

Smuggler-

 

Good luck with burning the calories; sounds like you've devised am excellent approach. Didn't realize you tie backwards down there to compensate for the southern lattitude swirl.

 

One of my heros, Larry Graham, the originator of Larry's Lightning Bug, was left handed, and tied under, rather than over, so that if you sat across from him, you were seeing the tying movements exactly the same as a right hander tying normally.

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Caddis number 1 cool.gif (Because they are around the most) and HEX is number 2 biggrin.gif (Because they can make me lose sleep just thinking about those huge fish making those loud noises slurpping them down) sad.gif

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QUOTE (TOMMY TROUT @ Jan 21 2005, 04:01 PM)
Caddis number 1 cool.gif  (Because they are around the most) and HEX is number 2 biggrin.gif  (Because they can make me lose sleep just thinking about those huge fish making those loud noises slurpping them down)  sad.gif

TOMMY TROUT-

 

Okay, it sounds like you're pretty darned excited about both Caddisfly and Mayfly hatches, and you're from a location we hadn't previously heard from, Wisconsin.

 

This is how the tally stands at the moment:

 

12 for Caddisfly hatches

12 for Mayfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 1 Ant, 1 Wasp)

4 for Stonefly hatches

2 for True Fly hatches (1 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Mystery Bug (to be identified later)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Australia (Smuggler)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler)

Minnesota (JasonN)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

16 locations 27 flyfishers

 

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Another shout-out from Kentucky...

 

I like the Light Cahill hatch (Stenacron interpunctatum): just before the hatch, you can do very well on #14-12 nymphs (BH Hare's Ear or species-specific patterns). Beautiful event when the bugs are on stream and airborn. During the hatch and then at the egg-laying event, you get to use "nice-size" #14-12 light colored dries= easy casting, easy to see, lots of action.

 

Plus at that time of the year, the weather is perfect!

 

 

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QUOTE (Rob Knisely @ Jan 22 2005, 02:50 PM)
Another shout-out from Kentucky...

I like the Light Cahill hatch (Stenacron interpunctatum): just before the hatch, you can do very well on #14-12 nymphs (BH Hare's Ear or species-specific patterns). Beautiful event when the bugs are on stream and airborn. During the hatch and then at the egg-laying event, you get to use "nice-size" #14-12 light colored dries= easy casting, easy to see, lots of action.

Plus at that time of the year, the weather is perfect!

Rob-

 

Nice webpage. With your condidered vote, Mayfly hatches shoots into the lead.

 

This is how the tally stands at the moment:

 

13 for Mayfly hatches

12 for Caddisfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 1 Ant, 1 Wasp)

4 for Stonefly hatches

2 for True Fly hatches (1 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Mystery Bug (to be identified later)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Australia (Smuggler)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru, Rob Knisely)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler)

Minnesota (JasonN)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

16 locations 28 flyfishers

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Has to be the Northern Michigan Hex Hatch. The monsters come out and and destroy the surface in search of the giant mayfly. With the ever present danger of dunking in the river in the middle of the darkness.

 

Eli

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QUOTE (hexfli @ Jan 25 2005, 11:25 AM)
Has to be the Northern Michigan Hex Hatch.  The monsters come out and and destroy the surface in search of the giant mayfly.  With the ever present danger of dunking in the river in the middle of the darkness. 

Eli

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Yes, those Hexagenia mayflies are really dynamite.

 

This is how the tally stands at the moment:

 

14 for Mayfly hatches

12 for Caddisfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 1 Ant, 1 Wasp)

4 for Stonefly hatches

2 for True Fly hatches (1 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Mystery Bug (to be identified later)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Australia (Smuggler)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru, Rob Knisely)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler, hexfli)

Minnesota (JasonN)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

16 locations 29 flyfishers

 

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I am new to flyfishing and have not too many flyfishing trips to my credit , but in the high mountain lakes near my home , I have had very good success on chronimids , however I also would like to cast a vote for scuds/freshwater shrimp.

I managed to fool several nice trout with them this past summer and fall.

 

P.S. did I detect an invitation to go down and enjoy summer in auz with the smuggler and thus escape the frozen lakes of the great white north? I'm willing to stand on my head if it means I can thaw out a little . cool.gif

 

 

 

 

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