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">creatures. No luck Thanks, Paul & Chris. Always interesting to learn about these creatures from another perspective. The author of the main insect book I use often mentions the names that anglers have for certain insects. Angus At 08:10 PM 3/12/2007, Paul wrote: >Hi Angus >The family Taeniopterygidae is known to most anglers - >dedicated fly anglers at least - as "Early Brown >Stones". Eric Leiser and Robert Boyle in the book on >the subject say there are about 30 members in the >family. The nymphs are debris inhabitors rarely found >in open water. They go on about techinical ids which >sort of go over my head. >Some authors say it is the most important trout food >in our waters. >I need get some tied up. >Enjoy March >Paul > >--- Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > Since it was a nice sunny day (+5) I decided to > > look for some snow > > creatures. No luck but did come on this creature > > (two pics) on a wet > > section of a path. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/?saved=1 > > > > I believe it is a Broadback (similar to a Stonefly) > > which is often > > found walking on the snow. His head appears to be > > heavily armored. > > > > Angus > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate >in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. >http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
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