Show Notes
Hi Folks - here are the pics and links for the episode about Isonychia bicolor. We'll start with a picture of the nymph:
Where you can see it's typical minnow like shape. You can see the hair on the front legs that is distinctive about this group, but here is a close up:
Those front legs are raised up and held into the current so passing algae, small critters, etc., in the drift are captured, and then gobbled up. It is very distinctive and definitive - if you catch something with those front hairs then you got an Isonychia. Let's move onto imitations: As I mentioned in the blog, Don Bastian has a nice page on his blog specific to these guys. He has some very nice patterns I like - you can find that here: https://donbastianwetflies.com/tag/nymphs/ Another pattern I like - that is traditional, is Walt Dette's imitation of an Isonychia:
Where the pattern is: Tail: Pheasant tail Underbody - mix of muskrat and red dubbing Overbody - grey ostrich herl Wingcase - mallard quill Thorax - grey muscrat Legs - Partridge And here is Art Flick's dun variant:
It's nice and simple - usually tied on a short shank hook, but Tail: Dun fibers Body: Stripped Red/Brown Quill Hackle: Dun where the tail and the hackle are tied long. And then lastly, here is a link to the spinner pattern by Mark Lord.
More from Angler's Entomology Podcast
A discussion of metamorphosis - focusing on simple metamorphosis as it relates to mayflies, stoneflies, and damsel and dragonflies. And of course rambles about the nature of change. I hope you enjoy.
Hey Everyone, Here are the pictures and patterns that are relevant to Part 1 on of metamorphosis - focusing in incomplete metamorphosis and the critters that do that. (Primarily mayflies, stoneflies and dragon and damselflies). First, though, as promised in the podcast, here is what a silverfish looks like. A little worse for wear - he's (or she) has been pickled for 8 years, so it's lost a lot of its color. Normally, they are a very silver color - hence the name. In some ways you may say this looks a little like a mayfly nymph. In real life, looking at them, you would not mistake them as being different.
Hey everyone. I hope you enjoy today's episode on black quills. I have some nice pics and patterns on the blog, so check that out too. Email me ([email protected]) if you want a guided entomology/fishing trip and get your loot at Selene's Fly Shop.
Hey everyone. Here is my blog post for Episode 54: Pics and Patterns for Black Quills. First let's take a look at the nymph. Here is a nice black quill nymph with a scale in centimeters. It is hard to see, but note the length of the antennae and the nice dark wing cases. That suggests he (or she) is likely to hatch soon. (Well, if he (or she) wasn't pickled in alcohol since 2003). Also fyi, this one was collected in a pond - which make sense, they migrate from moving water to still water to hatch. In contrast, the next specimen was collected in a stream, and you'll note the lack of developed wing pads (noting it was also collected earlier in the season).
Hey folks, hope you all enjoy part 2 of our discussion about how insects reproduce. Lots of wild stuff in this. And check out the blog - I added lots of cool pictures that are relevant to both episode 51 and 53. Enjoy!