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This topic is about the Mayfly Genus Cinygmula
This is primarily a Western genus. Cinygmula ramaleyi is the most important species, producing good hatches in the West. Cinygmula reticulata may also be relevant, and I have seen a great spinner swarm from an unsung species, Cinygmula par, in the Washington Cascades.
There is only one Eastern species, Cinygmula subaequalis, and its importance is minor. Read more...
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The Discussion
| PaulRoberts | July 21st, 2011, 9:09 am | |
 Posts: 1776 | Interesting. It's not a simple, nor perfect, world. Look close enough and you begin to see the "imperfections" -undertones of religious judgment intended. I think Darwin called it "variations", twisting the idea into something we can run with. | |
| Entoman | July 21st, 2011, 12:12 pm | |
 Posts: 2604 | Lloyd & Paul - Good stuff guys. Back to fishing: Red nymphs! I'm going to tie up some in my heptageniid style in the spirit of pax between imitation and attraction. No beadheads though, I'm not going that far!:) Kurt | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| PaulRoberts | July 21st, 2011, 12:23 pm | |
Posts: 1776 | Kurt, that was what followed from my exposure to "the mystery of the blue lobsters"; That maybe trying to mimic isn't always the best way to catch fish. I would love to chat about that one, but I've got to get some work out. | |
| GONZO | July 21st, 2011, 12:36 pm | |
Site Editor "Bear Swamp," PAPosts: 1681 | No beadheads though, I'm not going that far!:) C'mon, Kurt, I'm pretty sure that you can find some red beads....;) Here are some images of red form Rhithrogena: This one is from Colorado. http://bugguide.net/node/view/262540/bgimage This R. impersonata is from Michigan. http://bugguide.net/node/view/470153/bgimage This R. impersonata is from Massachusetts (notice how the mouthparts are projecting a bit like Cinygmula). http://bugguide.net/node/view/267308/bgimage | |
| Entoman | July 21st, 2011, 1:09 pm | |
Posts: 2604 | C'mon, Kurt, I'm pretty sure that you can find some red beads....;) Ughh... BTW - thanks for the photos. The Cinygmula looking one sure would confuse in the hand! Looking closer though, it appears to be a membrane of some sort attached to the dorsum, so all is still right with the world. | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| GONZO | July 21st, 2011, 6:07 pm | |
Site Editor "Bear Swamp," PAPosts: 1681 | Looking closer though, it appears to be a membrane of some sort attached to the dorsum, so all is still right with the world. Take another look, Kurt. Check the ventral (2nd) photo of the same nymph. | |
| Entoman | July 21st, 2011, 7:55 pm | |
Posts: 2604 | Ha! What the heck! Is Roger gluing body parts together on us? You know he is a computer wiz as well as a bug wiz. He does muck about on that other website as well.:) | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| GONZO | July 21st, 2011, 8:28 pm | |
Site Editor "Bear Swamp," PAPosts: 1681 | Roger is a clever guy, Kurt, but in this instance, I suspect it is ol' Mother Nature who is "mucking" with us. ;) | |
| Entoman | July 22nd, 2011, 12:56 am | |
Posts: 2604 | Ha Ha!:) I know, I know... You're probably right.... But the silence is deafening. Do I hear soft chuckling off in the distance? Perhaps Washington way? | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| Taxon | July 22nd, 2011, 2:32 pm | |
 Site Editor Royse City, TXPosts: 1350 | Although I may be silent when I can't think of an appropriate response, it doesn't mean I'm not listening. :-) | |
| Best regards, Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com | ||
| PaulRoberts | July 24th, 2011, 1:18 am | |
Posts: 1776 | Here's a link to an apparently red R impersonata: http://128.192.10.174/mp/20p?see=I_DSC488&res=640 I have a photo of an Epeorus with red gills -I believe it was hemaglobin in the gills. Just not enough O2 in that stream tank of mine for Epeorus. Will post eventually. | |
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