I’ve started flipping rocks at my local stream and I’ve struggled to find information about aquatic insect identification and what patterns I can tie on to mimic the forage I find.
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ProfessionalPopular6 on
Get a hatch book for your region. I think you have stone and mayfly nymphs.
DaweeOnTheBeat on
You don’t have to identify the insect. Flip some rocks like you didn’t and open your fly box and see what resembles most
tupacliv3s on
TJ Hookers and some other rubber legs. Those are clearly stonefly nymphs
MattManSD on
Pheasant tail on the first 3 and a Stoney nymph on the last
Ok_Feedback4200 on
1st and 4th images are stoneflies (you can tell it’s not mayfly because it has a double, not a tripple tail)
2nd and 3rd seems to be mayflies, similar to Baetidae.
The goal is to match the size, color and roughly the shape of them. Little details like how detailed your legs are, are 2nd importance.
Pheasant tail should work great for mimicking these mayflies.
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Get a hatch book for your region. I think you have stone and mayfly nymphs.
You don’t have to identify the insect. Flip some rocks like you didn’t and open your fly box and see what resembles most
TJ Hookers and some other rubber legs. Those are clearly stonefly nymphs
Pheasant tail on the first 3 and a Stoney nymph on the last
1st and 4th images are stoneflies (you can tell it’s not mayfly because it has a double, not a tripple tail)
2nd and 3rd seems to be mayflies, similar to Baetidae.
The goal is to match the size, color and roughly the shape of them. Little details like how detailed your legs are, are 2nd importance.
Pheasant tail should work great for mimicking these mayflies.
For stonefly, here’s a cool pattern you could try: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUShsxq4wU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUShsxq4wU)
Prince nymph/gold ribbed hare’s ear for #1. Pheasant tail/copper John for #’s 2&3. Pat’s rubber legs for #4.