Very enjoyable and informative. I have been fly fishing well over 50 years. I have found that in many if not most cases, proper presentation of your fly is more important than matching a particular insect or food source. Then there are those times.......... grrr thank you
Love your video! Btw that black and green striped larva on your waders that you said is a stonefly is actually a large mayfly, most likely a green drake nymph.
Wuuuuuuuut?? Why do you say that? Don't get it twisted, I could TOTALLY have been wrong, but I pondered it and considered for an extended period before saying it out loud and it sure looks like a stonefly to me (but I'm no entomologist and if I'm wrong, I'm wrong). That was on the American River in the Tahoe NF and I've never seen a green drake or other large mayfly out there. On the Little Truckee, sure, but only in very short windows. Not on the American.
@@thecalfisher Hmm. I looked for gills and just looked again and I can't see any. But maybe you are better at spotting them than I am (totally possible). I haven't ever heard that you can use head size as part of an ID. That's interesting and I'll have to dig deeper into that. I'm not ready to concede, but I can't say you are wrong. I'm going to flag the issue in the video description, and I really appreciate your input. In any event, it goes to show (1) IDing nymphs is really hard and (2) it doesn't matter what they are--if you fish well, you can still catch fish. Part of the reason I started this channel is to fail publicly to encourage people to get out there and fail privately, so I'll take my lumps when I mess it up and I'm glad you called it out. Thank you.
I know the fish don’t care but it sort of OCD for me 😂 but I love your videos because it’s shows how it’s really just presentation and time on the water that helps catch fish, not fly patterns as many people fail to recognize. @@abushinthewoods
Hi Duane, I'm Summer, and I too am a fly fishing nerd. I like to think its at least better than being an entomologist with an expertise in dung beetles. I knew one of those once and he said he never got another date after he mentioned what he did for a living. Poor bastard. At least "fly fishing nerd" is sexy in...some circles?
Very enjoyable and informative. I have been fly fishing well over 50 years. I have found that in many if not most cases, proper presentation of your fly is more important than matching a particular insect or food source. Then there are those times.......... grrr thank you
100% agree! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
Love your video! Btw that black and green striped larva on your waders that you said is a stonefly is actually a large mayfly, most likely a green drake nymph.
Also the small mayflies you showe on your hand were Baetis nymphs
Wuuuuuuuut?? Why do you say that? Don't get it twisted, I could TOTALLY have been wrong, but I pondered it and considered for an extended period before saying it out loud and it sure looks like a stonefly to me (but I'm no entomologist and if I'm wrong, I'm wrong). That was on the American River in the Tahoe NF and I've never seen a green drake or other large mayfly out there. On the Little Truckee, sure, but only in very short windows. Not on the American.
Sorry, the gills on the on the abdomen make it a mayfly and also the head is too small to be a stonefly. @@abushinthewoods
@@thecalfisher Hmm. I looked for gills and just looked again and I can't see any. But maybe you are better at spotting them than I am (totally possible). I haven't ever heard that you can use head size as part of an ID. That's interesting and I'll have to dig deeper into that. I'm not ready to concede, but I can't say you are wrong. I'm going to flag the issue in the video description, and I really appreciate your input. In any event, it goes to show (1) IDing nymphs is really hard and (2) it doesn't matter what they are--if you fish well, you can still catch fish.
Part of the reason I started this channel is to fail publicly to encourage people to get out there and fail privately, so I'll take my lumps when I mess it up and I'm glad you called it out. Thank you.
I know the fish don’t care but it sort of OCD for me 😂 but I love your videos because it’s shows how it’s really just presentation and time on the water that helps catch fish, not fly patterns as many people fail to recognize. @@abushinthewoods
When you find the aquatic insects trout eat interesting, you might be a fly fishing nerd.
Hi I’m Duane, I am a fly fishing nerd
Hi Duane, I'm Summer, and I too am a fly fishing nerd. I like to think its at least better than being an entomologist with an expertise in dung beetles. I knew one of those once and he said he never got another date after he mentioned what he did for a living. Poor bastard. At least "fly fishing nerd" is sexy in...some circles?