Ron, Jay, Kent, et al.-
The Daphnia Cluster pattern was originated by Larry Tullis, who has an
article titled Discovering Daphnia in the September 2001 issue of Fly Fisherman
magazine.
Here is the link to a variation on Larry's pattern by John
Larson:
I've been intending to tie some since discovering them last year, but have
never gotten around to it. Maybe this thread will finally push
me into doing it.
Roger Rohrbeck
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Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:33
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Jay,
Randall Kauffman's book 'Lake Fishing with a Fly'
states that daphnia
migrate daily from the bottom to the film in response
to sunlight.
Individuals are much too small to imitate so tying clusters
seems to
be the best way, much as a Griffith's gnat imitates clusters of
midges on the surface.
I've been told that unweighted, no-tail and
sparsely-tied 'micro
leeches' with loose mohair, goat or SLF tendrils can
work well as
daphnia cluster imitations. I have not tried these yet but
watched a
guy wade fishing Lenice a couple weeks ago put on a clinic with
this
pattern. He had 'em in various colors but said that olive worked best
that day.
Here's a link to a weird daphnia pattern from the UK I
Googled up this morning:
http://wwwdiptera.co.uk/patterns/a_d/daphnia_log.htm
K
>Thanks
for an interesting lead Kent. Found this great website about
daphnia:
>
>http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar02/fleanatomy.html
>
>Anybody
have a fly pattern?
>
>Jay
>
>----- Original Message
----- From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent:
Friday, March 18, 2005 4:43 PM
>Subject: Re: Cady Lake
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>>I noticed that too and that several had
their mouths open as they
>>swam. I've been told that's classic
daphnia feeding
behavior.
>>
>>K
>>
>>>That's a great
example. I've found that throwing something
>>>different or even
outrageous at fish that see a lot of flies can
>>>work magic.
This spring on Lenice and Nunnally, I've had my best
>>>luck on a
pattern I learned in Chile. It's big, mostly white, with
>>>rubber legs and an orange cone on the front. I tried it on a
whim
>>>and it worked!
>>>
>>>I also have
a question about fish behavior. I noticed that the
>>>fish in
Lenice (and Nunnally) are swimming around rather fast
>>>compared
to their "summer speed." Is this a result of their
>>>feeding
behavior (mainly chrono pupae), reaction to opening
>>>madness,
or water temp?
>>>
>>>Jay
Paulson
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From:
"Ronald Dion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To:
<[email protected]>
>>>Sent:
Friday, March 18, 2005 2:10 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Cady Lake
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>>>
>>>>A different
alternative,
>>>>2 years ago, at Cady Lake, my son and I
were having exactly the
>>>>same results, even noticing that
no one else was catching
>>>>anything; most everyone trying to
match the hatch with dry
>>>>patterns, when my son put on a
muddler minnow. Voila!! Catching
>>>>really got
good for a couple hours. My sons largest was
26".
>>>>
>>>>Ron
>>>>On
Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 11:34 AM, James Watson
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Upon my arrival, I saw fish
rising and things looked good.
>>>>>Fished from
8-2.
>>>>>Nada. I tried many different things.
Nada. Chironomids, blood
>>>>>worms,
very
>>>>>shallow, very deep, in between, water boatmen,
full-sinking
>>>>>chironomids with
>>>>>a
vertical retrieve: Nada.
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