Entomology: fly life in rivers and lochs

[Billy]

This wee guy interupted my fishing on the Don at Kemnay last week.

40mm from its nose to the tip of the wings.



Billy

[Black-Don]

That's a bit of a bruiser Billy, nice photo, was that with the Nikkon DSLR ?

Does anyone know if there are different sub-species of Stoneflies the same as Sedges ?

[haresear]

Does anyone know if there are different sub-species of Stoneflies the same as Sedges ?

Loads of them Donald. I only know the latin name of the big fella, Perla Maxima ( think), but there are the yellow sallies and loads of other small stoneflies and needleflies (the Perlidae).

I have found an imitation of a yellowish olive stoneflly on hill lochs around the end of May to be very good medicine on sunny days.

Alex

[Fishtales]

Here is a guide to some of the Stoneflies Donald.

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Plecoptera_families

[Billy]

Don,

It was indeed the Nikon DSLR (D60).

I have set the picture quality to fine which really helps when zooming in.


I,m just glad they dont bite.........or do they?

Billy

[Jehu]

I've never heard of it being done here but when I was in Italy they used live caddis fly larvae. They just broke the 'shell' off and fed it thru the hook. Might do well on a 14 or 16 hook on a light fly rod on the rivers...

[Traditionalist]

I've never heard of it being done here but when I was in Italy they used live caddis fly larvae. They just broke the 'shell' off and fed it thru the hook. Might do well on a 14 or 16 hook on a light fly rod on the rivers...

It has been done in the UK and elsewhere for centuries.

TL
MC

[Black-Don]

I've never heard of it being done here but when I was in Italy they used live caddis fly larvae. They just broke the 'shell' off and fed it thru the hook. Might do well on a 14 or 16 hook on a light fly rod on the rivers...

I think it's called " fishing the gadger ".

Never used the method but some folk on here were past masters I believe  :

[haresear]

I think it's called " fishing the gadger ".

Not quite Thje gadger is the stonefly nymph or indeed the adult stonefly, which were sometimes fished on a two hook rig.

What we are talking about here is the caddis (sedge) larva which we used to know as stickbait. It was commonly used here in Lanarkshire to catch trout, grayling, perch and roach .

Alex

[Fishtales]

I came acfoss this site and thought it would be helpful to anyone going to Shetland for the fishing.

http://www.nature-shetland.co.uk/entomology/

It gives a pretty extensive list of insects and where they have been recorded.