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KNOW

YOUR BUGS

Instead of grabbing a fly and hoping that you’re close, get some inside information by seining a stream before you fish it. First wade out to where fish typically hold. Firmly grasp a small hand seine downstream of your feet on the creek bottom and turn over a dozen or so rocks. Bring up the net and look

closely. Also check the surface flow in the current below if fish are actively feeding around you. You should pick up hatching insects, as well as any terrestrials that have the fish turned on. You don’t need to be an entomologist to figure out what to do with what you seine.

MAYFLY NYMPHS come in many forms depending on the particular species: crawling, swimming, and burrowing. Try to match the general size, color, and profile of the insect.

STONEFLY NYMPHS are oen large and can’t swim, so they crawl from stream booms to dry land or overhangingvegetation to emerge. Match color and size to entice trout.

CADDISFLY NYMPHS have two aquatic life stages. The larva lives in a tiny tube made of twigs and sand. It then seals itself into a case to pupate and grow legs and wing pads.