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Dgracia | January 14th, 2009, 7:01 am | |
Posts: 3 | Hi Jason, [br][br] One of the things I've done forever is carry at least a couple of fairly large (3"-4") darning needles in my vest. You can conveniently carry them inside one of your foam fly boxes or poked into a foam fly patch. Besides making a good fid (tool for opening knots) it also persuades caddis to come out of their cases generally in one piece. If you have the larva in your hand and he hasn't sealed the opening for pupation, you can just insert the blunt end of the needle (the part with the eye in it) in through the back of the case and slowly push. Pretty quickly, he will start coming out the front of the case and you can persuade him to come out entirely without much problem. [br][br] You can extract intact examples of the larva or pupa pretty easily with this method. With a pupating caddis, you do need to cut off the sealed opening so the caddis can get out. You have to be pretty careful though, because it's easy to cut off his head if you aren't. [br][br] Of course, you won't get those great photos of half-cut open cases, but you don't have to worry about breaking off legs either. I started carrying those needles with me when I was teaching so I could undo "wind knots" more easily, but they are great at persuading caddis to leave their case. [br][br] Dan | |
Wbranch | February 13th, 2013, 4:58 pm | |
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2730 | This green pupa looks a lot like the Bot fly larvae I've seen being removed from guy's heads on the Animal Planet. Pretty gross when the fly lays it's eggs on someone's head! | |
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
Troutnut | February 15th, 2013, 9:00 pm | |
Administrator Bellevue, WAPosts: 2732 | Thanks Dan, I'll try that. | |
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist | ||
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