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Hi All,
One of my pet project for about a year now is to find a fly (I do not tie my own) that imitates an underwater ovipositing Baetis spinner. I have come up dry. My big problem is that nothing I have found actually looks like what I am after. Here is a picture from Ralph Cutter's website. http://www.flyline.com/_images/baetisuw.gif Note that the winds are straight up and stuck together by an air bubble. The idea is to present this fly under the film the way a real ovipositing Baetis looks after it "falls upward" when they eventually loose their footing. And, when they hit the film, to flip on their sides. Many thanks, -T p.s. as an aside, the picture that goes with a fascinating explanation by Ralph. Those of you that love the biology behind such things will find the male's imitating the females behavior fascinating as well. The code to oviposit must not be on the X-Y gene sequence. You can never know enough about trout or their food. (My opinion, yours my vary.) http://www.flyline.com/tips_trivia/all_that_glitters/ One of the most amazing yet under utilized "glitter bugs" is the Baetis spinner. Many Baetis mayflies are unique in that the adult females (spinners), crawl underwater and affix their eggs to streambed structure. For some reason, the females will often be joined underwater by males (mating occurs above water). These mayflies trap a bubble of air between their upright wings and look like tiny angels as they roam about the streambed. Baetis spinners are very bouyant and seem to have a difficult time retaining a foothold on the streambed. They very deliberately pick up and place one foot down at a time; sometimes they will reach out with a foot and tap the substrate in front of them as if they are testing for the best foot hold. When they get lost to the current it is all over, they don’t struggle, swim, or attempt in any way to save themselves. Baetis spinners are unique in that they fall up. Baetis drift upwards wings first. When they hit the film they immediately get flipped and adhere to the meniscus on their sides. The spinners that reach the surface get stuck under the film, making them nearly invisible to the angler looking down into the water. Clots of Baetis spinners will float up and collect under rock ledges, undercut banks and any other overhead trap. Trout will take Baetis spinners in current seams and other "typical" feeding lies; however, most fish will graze along the riverbed or move to the Baetis traps during a heavy ovipositing. Ovipositing Baetis are easy to imitate. They can be fished dead drift anywhere in the water column but are most effective along the streambed. |
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