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Some say caddisflies are even more important than mayflies, and they are probably right. The angling world has taken a while to come to terms with this blasphemy. Caddis imitations are close to receiving their fare share of time on the end of the tippet, but too many anglers still assume all caddisflies are pretty much the same.
Caddis species actually provide as much incentive to learn their specifics as the mayflies do. There is just as much variety in their emergence and egg-laying behaviors, and as many patterns and techniques are needed to match them. Anglers are hampered only by the relative lack of information about caddisfly behavior and identification. Read more...
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Deke | August 20th, 2009, 5:33 pm | |
Posts: 4 | i was fossil hunting and came across these i live in west tn,i tohught it was a fossil at first then relized its really small pebbles and relized it was some sort of a cacoon ,wondering what can build this i put them in my aquarium for the night as they are crawling ill put them back tommorow.very interesting creatures i have never seen anyhting like this in my creek all my life thought i was on a endagered species hehe.and im pretty sure this is what they are now that i found your site but what is odd is there is no trout in my creek its on the small size and they was only 3 under this rock each about a inch long. they are not to my knowledge at all in the main creek with crawfish's and minnow's i dont have no plankton for them to eat i threw grass in there and spring water it probably has some and a piece of a sardine know that i know they can fly i do not wish to keep them also hehe but they are cute"in a manly way" | |
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found these in runoff to our creek In the Insect Order Trichoptera by Deke | 0 | |
Re: found these in runoff to our creek In the Insect Order Trichoptera by Deke | 1 | Aug 9, 2012 by Sayfu |
Clarks Fork In Fishing Reports by Wbranch | 0 | |
Re: fossil mandibulate capsule-like structures In Prodiamesa Midge Larva by Sachaman | 1 | Aug 22, 2014 by Crepuscular |
Re: Penns Crick In Fishing Reports by IEatimago | 12 | Jul 31, 2007 by LittleJ |
underlining Loomis Whisper Creek In Gear Talk by Halperin | 0 | |
Re: Rock Bass on the fly In General Discussion by Lastchance | 3 | Jun 14, 2010 by Vinlflyfish |
Re: Beautiful West! In the Photography Board by Jesse | 1 | Apr 18, 2010 by Jmd123 |
Re: What are these?? In the Photography Board by Keystoner | 7 | Oct 8, 2010 by Konchu |
Re: After School Fishing In General Discussion by Crepuscular | 6 | Feb 22, 2013 by PaulRoberts |