Troutnut Forum > Fly Hatch Talk > Pakistani amphipods
This topic is about the Arthropod Order Amphipoda
Scuds are an extremely important trout food source in slow, weedy spring creeks and many other settings. They are crustaceans so they don't go through the same life-cycle complications as aquatic insects. They start out as small scuds, grow to be big scuds, and die. I think many anglers like that about them.
They are cold-water scavengers of dead plant and animal life, and they are extremely abundant in weedy spring creeks and many lakes. Their imitations make outstanding searching patterns (Searching pattern: Any artificial fly pattern used when trout that aren't feeding selectively on anything in particular. A searching pattern may be an attractor or an imitation of something specific that the fish might favor even though it's not currently hatching.), and work well fished dead drift or with a slow retrieve. Read more...
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| Halabano | April 3rd, 2009, 3:28 am | |
| Posts: 1 | Hi! i m working on Pakistani amphipods. i want to be intouch with scientists & students working on amphipods taxonomy & ecology | |
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