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A deep dive into insect sex. Part 1 is basics. Part 2, coming up, will have more relevance for fly fishing. That said, check our selenesflys...
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A podcast about re-discovering fly fishing entomology. We will review the major groups of aquatic insects - both relevant facts for fly fishing, but also interesting twists that make these c...

A deep dive into insect sex. Part 1 is basics. Part 2, coming up, will have more relevance for fly fishing. That said, check our selenesflys...

Bibios, Heather Flies, Hawthorn Flies, Blossom Flies, Love Bugs - you name it. An interesting critter that .. for some reason seems more pop...

I was thinking about doing this episode having lunch outside one day, and bemoaning the fact that I didn't have any pictures of these guys t...

Hey all - all about Quill Gordons and Theodore Gordon. Hope you enjoy it!

Hey all - I don't have any pics of an adult Epeorus pleuralis but here are some nymphs. Note the two tails and the flat, triangular body wit...

Hey Folks, I'm back! And here with an episode mostly about moths. Yep. Moths as they relate to fly fishing. Check it out, I think you will b...

Hi Folks, Here are some pics of moths (both adults and larvae) as well as some patterns I like to fish. So, while that is said, remember tha...

Hi folks! Sorry for the delay, but we're back in the saddle with an episode about Blue Winged Olives ... which are kind of complicated and c...

Hey folks - yep - worms. Surprisingly interesting and entertaining even if the patterns are pretty mundane. That said, don't forget to check...

Hi folks, I debated about even bothering to have a blog post on this subject, since pretty much everyone knows what a worm looks like and th...

Today we'll talk about cicadas and leafhoppers - plus we'll have a bonus interview with Charles Card - a guide on Utah's Green River - talki...

So here are some pictures, both of flies and naturals and links for Episode 43. First, let me give you the link to Charles Card's contact in...

An episode all about the Zebra Caddis - aka the Alderfly. Of course with historical diversions along the way.

Hi Folks, Here are some pics and patterns for this episode on the Zebra Caddis. Let's start with some of those figures I was talking about i...

How insects breathe underwater ... and more importantly, how we can imitate that. Which I have to admit, I got a little carried away with. T...

Everything you could have possibly wanted to know about crayfish. Maybe. As well as the mysterious story around Selene's Sure Bet.

Hey Folks, Here are some the crayfish patterns I mentioned on the podcast. First we'll talk about Rick Hafele's pattern. I'm pretty sure he...

For the purposes of this podcast, the critters I'm talking about are the tiger striped nymphs that fall in the stonefly families Perlidae an...

As I mentioned on the podcast, if you are in the Southern Maine area, on Thursday January 9, we'll be having a fly tying demo at Joshua's Re...

Aka Green Caddis, Green Sedges or Rhyacophilidae. A common, easily identified caddis - at least in it's larval stage, that has wonderful beh...

First of all, here are the details on the fly tying night at Joshua's Restaurant ( http://www.joshuastavern.com) in Brunswick Maine, hosted...

Welcome to Episode 37 - where we'll be talking about those things that are large enough to see, but to small to really see what they are. th...

So ... in my just released episode on True Bugs I mentioned a great podcast that interviewed Erica McAlister of London's Natural History Mus...

True bugs? What is a false bug? Well, true bugs is the term used by entomologists to refer to the guys that are in suborder Heteroptera. You...

Hi Folks, sorry for the delay in getting this out - good summer fishing and busy school season getting my daughter off to college. But here...

Hi folks, Part of the delay in getting this episode out was fishing (I knew you'd understand). On the positive side, that fishing gave me th...

Hi folks, Sorry for the delay in getting this out - but here is an episode all about crane flies. Pretty cool stuff once you take a moment t...

We all look at spider webs to see what has hatched - but this dives into the critters who actually make the web. There will also be a few st...

I don't have a huge number of pics of aquatic spiders - in part because some of the coolest ones are in locales where I have yet to travel....

I had grand plans to tie lots of flies and take lots of pictures for you. I even purchased some extension tubes for my camera so I could tak...

Here you have it! An episode about March Browns - for April. Check out the blog for some pics and patterns - and enjoy the episode!

Yep - an episode about Drift - that phenomenon where insects drift in the current and that we intentionally and unintentionally imitate. The...

Sorry folks, been pretty sick this week, so I'm both behind and don't have as many good patterns and pics as I'd like. But enough woe is me,...

Yes, this is the "amphi-podcast". Amphipods are a super important trout food - often being found year round - but they are also interesting...

Hi Folks - all about Winter - we are in the depths of it, so why not learn something about it! In particular, how the critters fish eat surv...

Ok folks, here are some patterns and pics for Episode 29 on Beetles. First we'll talk about the whirligig beetles – in part because they are...

Happy New Year! All about beetles - terrestrial and aquatic ones. Lots of patterns on the blog this episode, so check it out at http://angle...

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of whitefly nymphs or adults. Last time we were fishing this hatch we were having so much fun I didn...

Today we are talking about whiteflies - Ephoron leukon and album, altho we'll talk about the genus overall which is worldwide in distributio...

Hi folks - here is an episode all about Isonychia bicolor - which goes by a dozen or so other names. Besides the confusing naming situation,...

Hi Folks - here are the pics and links for the episode about Isonychia bicolor. We'll start with a picture of the nymph: Where you can see i...

Here you go folks, finally, an episode about teeny weeny flies. I hope you find the diversity interesting - well, because it is. And I've, a...

Let's start with a picture of an adult midge and a larva next to each other. They are probably different species and may even be different s...

Bloodsucking little *$#^&*. We'll talk about their medical importance, how they relate to fly fishing, and perhaps, most importantly, about...

I don't have any pics of mosquitoes - in part because they are so common I never really made taking a picture of one a priority. However, he...

Probably not your first topic of interest as you're driving to your 4th of July picnic, but they really are interesting. And fish like 'em....

Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets - can't beat 'em. We'll talk about imitations, as well as they importance in human culture and economics...

So, I had all sorts of plans to tie examples of all the flies I talked about in this episode ... but then, I went fishing. I knew you'd unde...

An episode all about the Hendrickson ... with, of course, digressions... including hatch charts, history, geography and patterns. Check out...

I don't happen to have a good picture of a nymph … I although I know I have one in my collection … I just can't seem to find it right now. W...