BWO's

[AKSkim]

I happened to have a nice discussion this afternoon about Mayflies.

Blue Wing Olives, Baetis Tricandatus to be precise.

Don't you just love latin, mysterious.. holy ghost and all that...

When I was a lad I had the inscription on my book cover, "Latin is a dead language, now it's killing me." Course, I only had it there for a very short time till one day a certain person in authority saw it.. Next morning.. a plain non-descript book cover adorned that text book... for ever... and who said we don't learn from a painful mistake...

But anyaway,

One of the points that was brought out was that this particular species hatch usually in mid May and again in October, but in a smaller size.

I have fished BWO's in the spring, but because of the pattern size required in the fall, I have always forgone it.

Everstill, I know there are many out there on this chat board know more about that hatch than I and I would welcome reading and learning from you.

As always, reminded of a painful learning experience.

AK Skim

 

[Taxon]

AK-

Not sure what information you’re looking for, but the reason the 2nd generation of Baetis tricaudatus is somewhat smaller than the 1st, is that the number of degree days required for them to mature is achieved in fewer calendar days as the water becomes less cold. Perhaps knowing the why will help you to remember to size down your imitations for the 2nd generation.

 

[Quill gordon]

AKS,
Bwo's are one of my favorite patterns to fish.
This is an article from a website hosted by Rick Hafele.
I hope it adds to your knowledge of Bwo's.

Best wishes....
Winter Hatches, Blue Winged Olive Mayflies, Fly Fishing article by Rick Hafele

 

[flyI4]

I find Bwo patters in small sizes of 20-24 to be very useful even when Bwo's may not be whats on the water. Whenever I see a tough fish barely sticking his nose out of the water a small CDC BWo does the trick most of the time. CDC is the way to go though because fishing a 22 bwo makes it look like an 18 on the water with the very visable material.