Chironomid, or Nymph Size 10 or 12? Which is on the large side for trout flies. Anyway they are wormy looking bugs hatching out of the muddy lake or river bottom. While they float up dinner is served for the trout. Once at the surface the wings emerge and dry off. They fly away. Look like non biting mosquitos. Chironomid still water fishing here in colorado get's you the biggest fish in the lake, oddly enough.
That nymph actually looks no larger a size 16, though I cannot tell for certain from the photo. If you ever flyfish the San Juan river in New Mexico, you'll often fish a size 20 or 22 midge, which is really tiny. If you are able to land a better than 20 inch trout on a midge size 20 or smaller, you become a member of the 20/20 club. I've done it a couple of times on the San Juan.
Not a fly fisherman - why do fish that size eat something that small ? At least fingernail size for crying out loud...
ReplyDeleteBecause they eat a thousand of them every day... pure protein..
ReplyDeleteChironomid, or Nymph Size 10 or 12? Which is on the large side for trout flies. Anyway they are wormy looking bugs hatching out of the muddy lake or river bottom. While they float up dinner is served for the trout. Once at the surface the wings emerge and dry off. They fly away. Look like non biting mosquitos. Chironomid still water fishing here in colorado get's you the biggest fish in the lake, oddly enough.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted a snack to take the edge off.
ReplyDeleteThat nymph actually looks no larger a size 16, though I cannot tell for certain from the photo. If you ever flyfish the San Juan river in New Mexico, you'll often fish a size 20 or 22 midge, which is really tiny. If you are able to land a better than 20 inch trout on a midge size 20 or smaller, you become a member of the 20/20 club. I've done it a couple of times on the San Juan.
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