Show Notes
Sorry folks, been pretty sick this week, so I'm both behind and don't have as many good patterns and pics as I'd like. But enough woe is me, here is what you are looking for: First - here's the link to the March Brown Madness event coming up this Saturday in Brunswick Maine - it is a hoot. https://www.facebook.com/events/march-brown-madness/998243613698870/ and here is a link, the following weekend to the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo - which is also a great time: https://rangeleyflyshop.com/blogs/news/western-maine-fly-fishing-expo-2019 Here is the article about the Australian kid who was attacked by a roving mob of amphipods (really!): https://www.livescience.com/60067-sea-fleas-gnaw-teens-legs.html I've gone through my pics, and honestly, as I mentioned, these guys are small and I don't have really great pics of them. But here are a few that were on my float tube:
Amazingly, I found the 47 attempts at getting a picture of a beach flea, and found one that was ok! Here it is:
And here is a not too bad pic of a pair of scuds close up - they've been pickled so they've lost their color, but you can see the structure of their legs and carapace.
for patterns I don't have a lot for you - sorry, like I've said, I've been under the weather - so I haven't been tying or taking photos this last week. But here's one of my favorites - called, I think, a Jelly Bean:
It is ostrich herl for the legs, with built up layers of UV glue as the shell back. A wire (or thread) rib and you color one of the layers of UV glue to give it whatever color you want. Nice, easy and it looks good.
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!