You know, looking at those pictures convinced me that the WASN'T a Stone Fly. It didn't have the large, predominant legs that Stoneflies have. It's legs were much more like a Caddis, grouped together under the thorax and not extending as far back to the abdomen as a Stone Fly. But if it was a Caddis, it was the biggest Caddis I have ever seen. From head to wing it was almost 1.5 inches. And it didn't have to long antennae typical with larger Caddis flies. Nor did it emerge quickly like most Caddis do, it spent quite a bit of time wriggling out of its shuck. Like I said, one of the fishermen caught his only three fish using a muddler minnow tied on a size 10 3x hook, which was a pretty good imitation of both the bug or the nymph.
Tom On Aug 2, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Michael Bliss wrote: Any of these? Or these? See pages 4&5
Mike
On 8/2/06, Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nope. If those things were emerging from the lake, I doubt I would stay in it! It's about four inches to big. Ugly Bug! Thanks for the link and pics.
Tom On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Garry V. Wiles wrote: Tom,
I'm still wondering about the Dobsonfly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly -- it's a stonefly wanna be. It crawls out like a stonefly and drys on the foliage along the banks.
Garry
At 10:19 AM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
Nope, it wasn't a Mayfly. Its wings were never upright. It had to be a monster caddis or some type of smaller stonefly. I wish I had taken a picture.
Tom
On Jul 31, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Larry Johnson wrote:
Tom: It was probably the Green Drake mayfly, reportedly one of the
larger mayflies in the West, and provides one of the grandest hatches on
the Firehole and other rivers in the Park.
Larry J
"Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/30/2006 7:29 PM >>> When on the Lake I noticed a large, clumsy fly emerge that looked
like a Salmon fly. I watched one crawl out of its nymphal shuck.
They are very clumsy flyers and the adults often ended up in the lake.
Another fisherman on the Lake my first day caught three cutthroat
using a small muddler minnow on top which made a very accurate
representation of the nymph emerging from its shuck. Those three
fish were the only ones HE caught in three days of fishing. I didn't
have a small muddler, I tried using a stimulator with no success.
The single Cutthroat I caught took the pheasant tail dropper.
I have always associated Salmon flies with rivers, and know that they
crawl out of the water to escape their nymphal shuck. Is there a
variety of Salmon fly that lives in lakes and emerges from the
surface? Or was I mistaking this bug for something else?
It had a large green body but only half the size of a large salmon
fly,it had wings stretched across its abdomen like a salmon fly, that
proved to be double wings when it flew.
Any body out there familiar with a Stone fly that lives in lakes?
Could it have been a very large Caddis?
Tom
On Jul 30, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Michael Bliss wrote:
http://www.nps.gov/yell/slidefile/arthropods/
fliesdragonfliesdamselflies/Page.htm
I found this page by accident looking for flies for the Yellowstone
trip thought some of you would enjoy it.
Mike
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