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Midges & Crane Flies ( Aquatic Diptera) The subject of aquatic Diptera is vast, fascinating and much too comprehensive to treat here, except in a most general manner. Most Diptera are not associated with trout waters but are slow water species of the warmer climates. Thus we will limit our discussion to those that seem to important to the diet of the trout: midges and crane flies. Proper classification of suborders, families, subfamilie... Read More
The hiss of a line in a light evening breeze sends this rose of feather, fur and steel out over a pool so clear shadows freeze where it drops. To be in this place, to feel the and promise of the river turn to wishing then transformation in wing scattered points of evening light, a woman learns fishing with her heart. For all the loss fall anoints with yellow and red under a painful blue, she watches her question drift in the last light and waits to see it dimple and vanish through a... Read More
Stone Flies (Plecoptera) Stone flies are primitive insects, fossils show that they have existed for 220 million years; Stone flies generally represent a much smaller percentage of the trout's diet than do May flies and caddis flies. This type of generality can be quite misleading however, forever if stone flies represented less than 10 percent of the trout's diet on a particular stream, it is quite possible to arrive on the... Read More
Are Trout of this river's song, sharp in the current and vague on the flats? Do trout dance for any reason but love, fanning a harp of water for the sheer gravity of a chance encounter with death, Clearing the surface in time to stop a mind from shattering distraction? Can trout know the purity of the pools they mime in the deep mirrors of their scales? Who began this risky trip into the howl of a broken river? The small streams mother us all back to a speck in our brains called home on a trai... Read More
It may not be apparent to the casual observer, or even to the novice fly fisherman, but beneath the stark beauty of a tumbling trout stream there lives a complex, thriving community of life. This community of microscopic organisms, aquatic insects, and fishes, is quite intricate. Each form of life, from the tiniest to the largest, is interlinked and dependent upon the other for survival. Scientists call these communities ecosystems, food chains, or food webs. &nb... Read More
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This is for tale of fly fishing. If you would like to summit an article. Please let us know tom@sanjosegrapevine.com... Read More
Gray Wulff Hook: TMC 100 size 8 - 16 Thread: Black 6/0 prewaxed Tail: Natural brown bucktail Body: Gray muskrat underfur Wings: Natural brown bucktail Hackle: Medium blue dun hackle www.bozemangrapevine.com ... Read More
Hook: Alex Jackson partridge N sizes 3/0 - 2 Thread: Fire Orange 6/0 pre waxed Tail: Hot orange Bucktail, Golden Pheasasnt breast Rib: Oval gold tinsel Body: Hot orange seal fur First Wing: Golden pheasand breast, and tippets cut in V to form eyes. Second Wing: Two golden pheasnat breast feathers Hackle: Hot orange hackle, wound from the tail http://www.flatheadgrapevine.com/... Read More
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