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This topic is about the Caddisfly Species Macrostemum zebratum

The "Zebra Caddis" is one of the most well-known caddisfly species, and one of the largest to produce high intensity hatches on our trout streams.

It is also an important species for smallmouth bass. Gary LaFontaine wrote in Caddisflies about encountering Macrostemum zebratum on a large smallmouth river:

I never caught so many smallmouth bass on a fly rod before in my life.
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The Discussion

LastchanceAugust 4th, 2008, 8:24 pm
Portage, PA

Posts: 11
Is there a photo of one? I've never heard of them or perhaps I know them by a different name.
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TaxonAugust 5th, 2008, 12:52 am
Mercer Island, WA

Posts: 522
Zebra Caddis
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
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