Well, that’s the name of a late spring stonefly, according to the folks at Gates’ Lodge on Michigan’s AuSable. I’m looking for more info on this particular creature. Excluding it’s personal habits, of course!
Chuck
Well, that’s the name of a late spring stonefly, according to the folks at Gates’ Lodge on Michigan’s AuSable. I’m looking for more info on this particular creature. Excluding it’s personal habits, of course!
Chuck
Is that another ‘narrative hook’? (It made me look!)
Cliff
Lots of hits on Google. Looks like a a nice low-floater; don’t know how well it would hold up to multiple fish but thats a good problem to have.
Regards,
Scott
Are you looking for more info then is in all the hits Google returns? I entered “Yellow Bellied Mattress Thrasher” in the Google search box and every hit on the first page of results referenced it. Several other large fly tying forums and also Hatches Magazine.So what are you looking for?
entomological info, perhaps?
In fact the picture of the fly looks like a Yellow CHESTED Mattress Thrasher - but flies have such funny names don’t they. Perhasps it could be called a Some-Parts-Missing Stimulator.
I’m a regular Google searcher, but somehow didn’t think to check the YBMT stonefly. Thanks for the input. Actually, I did want some entomological info. Like, what’s the nymph look like? Can’t find a match in Schweibert’s “Nymphs”.
Chuck
why not try GOOGLING Michigan stoneflies??
… here’s a link that might help.
http://perfectflystore.com/wausabler3.html
The article refers to a number of stoneflies. From the size and color of the pattern, my guess would be a Golden Stone. The other stoneflies discussed would be smaller than a fly tied on an 8 - 10 2XL hook and would not likely have any yellow, except for the Yellow Sallies mentioned, but they would almost certainly be much smaller.
If I was headed that way with no more information than you have at this point, I would tie a rubber legs stonefly nymph on a size 8 - 10 2XL streamer hook using a variegated chenille with browns, dark olive, and medium yellow ( if you can find one like that ) and amber rubber legs ( supper floss or flex floss ). If I couldn’t find an appropriate variegated chenille, I’d opt for a lighter brown, and might even do a thorax area with a medium yellow with the body color ( brown ) pulled forward over it kind’a like a wingcase.
John
P.S. Thanks for stimulating the imagination on a cold winter day. I’ll be tying some skwala dries and nymphs quite soon, and they are similar, but smaller and darker than the Golden Stones.
John Scott stated, " I would tie a rubber legs stonefly nymph on a size 8 - 10 2XL streamer hook using a variegated chenille with browns, dark olive, and medium yellow ( if you can find one like that )"
This is a little off topic and I apologize up front, but, I wanted to “throw” this out there. When I need a variegated chenille and could not find it, like in this case, I would strip the ends to expose the inner threads on a brown chenille, a dark olive chenille and a yellow chenille, tie the thread ends together on the hook shank and then twist them together and then wrap them up the hook shank. This will give you the colors you wanted.
Just a thought and nothing more…
… this one to a Golden Stone Model that I posted a while back.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?36190-Golden-Stone-Model
The nymphs look very much like the adults from the underside.
John
Did that. Didn’t show me what I wanted to know.
Mr. Scott- the Gates Lodge site shows the fly as a number 10-12 hook. I did, however, tie up some Skwala-type rubber-leg nymphs with variagated chenille on size 8 hooks. They look very nice!
Chuck
Hopefully the fishies will agree !!
Yellow bellied mattress thrasher…
Many, many years ago I knew this girl in Yokohama…
Never mind.
Buddy
[SIZE=2]From Ausable Angler
http://www.ausableangler.com/bobs-tips.htm
Big Stonefly Attractors:
We’ve all had the frustrating experience of seeing/hearing a good fish rise just once or twice. What did it eat?
Our giant stonefly - the dorsata - hatches, mates and lays eggs at the same time brown drakes,
Brown Drake - May 25 to about June 6.
Picture of Dorsata
http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/975/Stonefly-Pteronarcys-dorsata-American-Salmonfly
From Jon’s Guide Service
http://www.jonsguideservice.com/page5
Tiny Black Stonefly #16-20 Allocapnia sp., Nemoura aldipennis Stonefly 1/1-4/30 noon-4pm
Early Black Stonefly #10-14 Taeniopteryx nivalis Stonefly 2/21-4/30 noon-4pm
Early Brown Stonefly #12, 14 Brachyptera fasciata Stonefly 3/15-5/10 1pm-7pm
Medium Brown Stonefly Perlodia isoperla Stonefly 5/10-7/31 afternoons
Giant Stonefly #2-8 (Salmonfly) Pteronarcys dorsata Stonefly 5/15-6/30 any time
Picture of Isoperla, and commentary including ‘Mattress Thrasher’
http://www.troutnut.com/topic/2279
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To mark your birthday you are now official declared to be a dirty old man.
Thanks for taking the time to help out here.
John
Greg H- thanks for the great info! The pics look like the real deal.
Chuck