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Angler's Entomology Podcast


Welcome to the Angler's Entomology Podcast.  On this podcast and blog, I am documenting my re-entry into the world of entomology.   Join us as my wife and I explore the environment in which trout live and the insects and other creatures that live in and share that space.  This is not just a dry recitation of facts, I hope to bring these creatures alive - show you how they live, what makes them fascinating in their own right, and help you understand how they interact with trout in ways that will help your fishing.  So, please join us.  I hope you enjoy the program...

Links:

Selene's Blog and Page for Classic Streamers; and you can finder her interview on the podcast the Liar's Club. 

NEW QUIZ PAGES

I'm setting up a new set of Quizizz pages to help you learn about different insect groups.  I'll be honest - the best way to learn insects is to look at a lot of insects.  So, give these a whirl and don't get discouraged if you do poorly.   Just try again every so often.   The quizzes will be tiered- so they will get more detailed and complicated as we increase in levels.   The first ones are just about learning the different orders.    

This first quiz is about identifying the four major aquatic insect orders

Quiz #2 is a continuation on Mayfly, Stonefly, Dragon and Damselfly, and Caddisfly Orders. 

This Quiz includes other orders of insects that are important to anglers, but is only the adults.  

 

Episode 49? Pics and Patterns for Quill Gordons

Jul 24, 2022

Hey all - I don't have any pics of an adult Epeorus pleuralis but here are some nymphs.  Note the two tails and the flat, triangular body with eyes on the top of their head.  Also note the broad gills on the abdomen - they are always moving.   

Epeorus nymph

So in terms of patterns, as I mentioned on the blog, there is a really nice pattern from Ed Ostapczuk's Epeorus.   
Tail: Wood Duck Flank
Rib/Gills - brown saddle - trimmed top and bottom
Underbody - Lead, wrapped with brown floss. 
Abdomen: Red Fox and Brown Rabbit dubbing
Wing Case:  Turkey
Thorax: Beaver Dubbing
Legs: Brown Partridge

 

This is my adaptation of a Shenck's Cress Bug - where all it is is, in my case: 

Head: Flymen Fishing Company's Evolution Clinger Bead Head
Tail: Pheasant tail
Body:  Beaver dubbing, in a noodle, trimmed to a triangular shape
Wing Case: Turkey Tail

 

Another fly I really like, that also uses these bead heads is a fly called the Evolution Heptagenia Nymph.   

I also like Gink and Gasoline's Heptagenia nymph

and lastly is my brilliant Iron gerzonkulator - which, who knows how the heck it will do - but if nothing else it will raise eyebrows when your buddy opens your fly box.  

Tail: Pheasant Tail
Underbody: Lead zonker strip. Trimmed to a triangular shape
Legs:  Hen hackle sandwiched between zonker strip
Overbody: Bug skin - or thin skin, your choice.   Camo'd with marker
Eyes: Critical.  Large and googly is obviously the best. 

So there you go!  Oops, and almost forgot - here is me, a few years ago, in front of the cemetery where Theodore Gordon was buried: