Thats about it in a nutshell. I've never identified Caddis shucks in the water, but I have found them seining tailouts.
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Thats about it in a nutshell. I've never identified Caddis shucks in the water, but I have found them seining tailouts.
Thanks Byron and Ralph. That matches my observations.
Stonefly shells are the easiest to spot. I have to look carefully to see the midge and mayfly shucks, but, during a hatch, I can always find them in eddies. Sometimes, the shucks are still attached to an adult cripple.
I'll have to look more closely at seine samples during caddis hatches. Unfortunately, around here caddis come off more sporadically during the day. Rarely see a concentrated hatch.
Bruce,
Lots of folks mistake the return of females to lay their eggs for a hatch. They see the swarming/mating and the females on the water and assume it is a hatch. It is what I call the "reverse hatch".
Exactly! Understanding insects and their behavior is one more tool in the fly fishers' quiver.
Sure glad this stuff's not simple otherwise it just wouldn't be so much fun!
That is all!