[clark]

Can anyone tell me what kind of fly this is ???? Caught it while i was doing some river sampling on the Don   it was about 1.5 inches long from the tip of the tale to the tip of its head



Any help would be much appreciated  

Calum

[adambrain]

I think I saw one of them in a film with Sigourney Weaver  once !!

Sorry nae clue.

[Noel Kelly]

Stone fly nymph, male I think.

[bruce]

Area 51 will be able to help

[Sandy Nelson]

Stone fly nymph.

Sounds good to me it looks like the large one that is common in the Don (perlodes microcephala, if i'm right )
not sure if i could sex it though.
The males don't grow proper wings if i remember rightly and its only the females that fly.
Not sure if you can tell difference at Nymph stage and the picture might make it look a bit darker than it is, nice image though

Often called Creepers or gadgers  and used as bait sometimes (quite common to do this many moons ago)

Sandy

[Noel Kelly]

Its the lack of wing buds that makes me think male Interesting that they were used as bait, the trout must take them then....
Was reading somewhere recently that our American cousins fish the nymph on a sinking line and a short leader or something like a stimulator as a copy. Must try this. 

[Irvine Ross]

I have tried nymphing with a big stone fly pattern  like this one on the Don

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern6796.html

No success yet alas but that maybe says more about my nymphing technique than the pattern.

Irvine

[Paul Garrigan]

Fishing the gadger was , at one time, very popular on the Clyde. The old guys i talk to down there tell me they used to do very well when using them as bait. I think it is a method very few of them use anymore.
Easier to tie an imitation than collect enough for a day!!

[Barry Robertson]

The gadger is still fished on the clyde and i saw a lad taking a few fish with it on the earn also this winter!
A huge nymph but the fish fair enjoyed it 

[Paul Rankine]

Hi All,
          all this talk of gadgers brings me back to my youth fishing the WOL with them. Very similar to present day czech nymphing but way more effective , for me , anyway .

Paul.

[Rob Brownfield]

Often called Creepers or gadgers  and used as bait sometimes (quite common to do this many moons ago)

The slightly annoying John Wilson used these as bait in one of his programmes, showing anglers it was possible to collect your own bait for free and have a great days fishing.

If I remember correctly, he took Chub, Brownies and a big Dace.

[Iain Goolager]

perlodes microcephala, if i'm right

Oooooh! look at you! 

not sure if i could sex it though

It's hot in the jungle is it Sandy? 

Iain

[Rob Brownfield]

Sandy will have bigger and more impressive bugs to look at out there!!! The Borneo Bombers are pretty impressive!!