Post by Steve Dobmeier on Jun 19, 2007 21:41:21 GMT -5
Nymph: The juvenile, underwater stages of mayflies, stone flies, caddis, and others. The nymph stage also refers to the fishing flies that imitate this stage of an insects life. For caddis also can be known as pupae. Midges or Diptera are known as "worms."
Emergers: The transformation of a nymph or pupae into the adult winged stage of an insect.
Duns: The adult stage of a mayfly. Signified by the "sailboat" type wings that stick straight up as they dry before take off (known as sub imago stage) Many fish may not eat duns unless they are for seemingly flopping on the surface.
Spinners: This stage is when the mayfly has molted into it's true adult form on land or more so in the trees above the waters edge. As a spinner the mayfly awaits the right tempreture (most of the time) to then come out usually en mass an mate and soon after mating dies, which can be an opportune time for fish to gorge themselves and for the angler to capitalize on some of the bigger specimens in a certain stream for they maybe feeding with reckless abandonment.
Attractors: Flies not designed to imitate any particular insect, but to have a certain characteristic or buggy look that may seem attractive to trout. For an analogy fish do not have hands, so in order to inspect something beyond looking at it they must eat it. When trout are not selectively feeding, which is hard to find around here, attractors can make or break your day on the water. Or if it's a piece of water that you have never fished before they can become a great tool for "searching the water" if you like to fish dry flies. These flies have there moments and time when the major hatches have ended for the year or a great way to get some fish to hand before anything starts.
For a side note the best thing that a Fly Fisherman can do is be observant of what is going on around him. Look at the water, the sky, Flip over rocks, Look in trees. Pay attention to what may be the best possible way to capitalize on you time spent on the water. Think of it almost as you would hunting there are always clues, you just have to keep your head and mind in the place that you are in and sooner than later things become clear and victory awaits.
Emergers: The transformation of a nymph or pupae into the adult winged stage of an insect.
Duns: The adult stage of a mayfly. Signified by the "sailboat" type wings that stick straight up as they dry before take off (known as sub imago stage) Many fish may not eat duns unless they are for seemingly flopping on the surface.
Spinners: This stage is when the mayfly has molted into it's true adult form on land or more so in the trees above the waters edge. As a spinner the mayfly awaits the right tempreture (most of the time) to then come out usually en mass an mate and soon after mating dies, which can be an opportune time for fish to gorge themselves and for the angler to capitalize on some of the bigger specimens in a certain stream for they maybe feeding with reckless abandonment.
Attractors: Flies not designed to imitate any particular insect, but to have a certain characteristic or buggy look that may seem attractive to trout. For an analogy fish do not have hands, so in order to inspect something beyond looking at it they must eat it. When trout are not selectively feeding, which is hard to find around here, attractors can make or break your day on the water. Or if it's a piece of water that you have never fished before they can become a great tool for "searching the water" if you like to fish dry flies. These flies have there moments and time when the major hatches have ended for the year or a great way to get some fish to hand before anything starts.
For a side note the best thing that a Fly Fisherman can do is be observant of what is going on around him. Look at the water, the sky, Flip over rocks, Look in trees. Pay attention to what may be the best possible way to capitalize on you time spent on the water. Think of it almost as you would hunting there are always clues, you just have to keep your head and mind in the place that you are in and sooner than later things become clear and victory awaits.