what type of nymph

[Burtbords149]

Speaking of nymphs (although glasses are fun). I caught a few today on what I would have to call a Peacock herl fly. Someone once said a fish will eat just peacock herl on a hook. So I put Peacock swords as the tail, wrapped the hook with herl and ribbed it with flash. Landed me two fish and lost another.

 

[rckrego]

In that pic i was but everywhere else i checked they were there i like to turn over rocks when im not catching and try to learn somthing for once im my life..........

The nymph looks mature by the dark wing pads. Stones generally crawl out of the riffle sections into the slower water right out the edge of the stream and into the dry rocks to emerge at night, though I would think that early stones must emerge during the day. Night would be cold. So when they're getting ready to "hatch" they're everywhere in the stream and nymphing one of them would probably be a good idea. You could even use one in the slower edge water because they're all walking that way.

If you google little black or little brown or early brown or early black stonefly nymph, lots of patterns are for sale. I would think a black or brown copper john would be pretty effective.

This looks pretty good: http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yagers_2040_3774375

I think you could probably minaturize the Brooks' stone nymph pattern for fishing the faster water. Dave hughes prefers taht pattern, though he too uses hare's ears in the appropriate size and color for the small and early stones unless the fish demand a more exact imitation.

Mike Mercer and Vince Wilcox have "microstone" patterns to imitate the smaller species as well.

 

[dcabarle]

Great idea. I will be going back to that spot again, but I don't have much hope. They were my regular, can't-see-without-them glasses, by the way.

Who knows... maybe those weren't polarized.