Baetis Shuck Color

[Curtis Fry]

I was tying up some Baetis cripples and emergers last night and was thinking on ways to improve some of my patterns. Anyhoo...in looking at my trailing shuck material, it got me thinking about the actual color of the trailing shuck on most Baetis around here. I can't remember if it's really a darker gray or the lighter tan.

Anyone help me out here??

[jdubya]

Anyone help me out here??

crinkled amber

[ARW]

On the Green they are a very light gray.

[dblbuny84]

if you are tying emergers, Jim Schollmeyer has an awesome book called"Tying Emergers" it's an awesome book with tons of patterns in fact there are 217 patterns in his book. It's mindblowing to see some of the techniques used, so if it helps at all I would give that book a gander.

[Lonnie]

if you are tying emergers, Jim Schollmeyer has an awesome book called"Tying Emergers" it's an awesome book with tons of patterns in fact there are 217 patterns in his book. It's mindblowing to see some of the techniques used, so if it helps at all I would give that book a gander.

To Funny. I just ordered that book today. It's great. For my beatis shucks I use mallard Flank dyed olive....

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[Fred]

For some reason, I don't think the fish really care.

But, it would be interesting to do an expirement and find out. Maybe my son can do it for his science project next year. Hopefully, it will go over better than the "Are people with bigger heads smarter" project that he did this year.

Good luck with your shuck.

[RAW]

Fred, you're such a "pin" head!

Does it matter what species of baetis? In the west we have tricaudatus, devinctus, bicaudatus, parvus, brunneicolor not to mention the illusive propinguus.

I would think the trailing shucks would resembel the nymph in color? Seems like most are a darker olive or brown right before emergence?

No expert, just throwing out thoughts.

Fred may be right, that it may not be critical except on heavily fished waters and real picky fish. So maybe people with really small heads can be as smart as those with large cranial cavities?

[Lonnie]

Just in case anybody's interested, check out Mike's photo....

http://www.utahonthefly.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=162&c=18&cutoffdate=all

[jdubya]

So maybe people with really small heads can be as smart as those with large cranial cavities?

i wear a 6 3/4 hat....

[Don]

Here is a great photo of an emerging BWO.

http://www.flyfisherman.com/rmwest/rhbwo/index.html

I like to use the tip of a brown or dark olive ostrich or emu hearl, with a couple strand of rust or dark olive zelon over the top of that. The hearl gives the the shuck movment and the zelon or antron gives it a translucent appearance.

[Salmo trutta]

For most BWO's or baetis I like gray but brown works as well. Use something with some translucense for the best effect. Antron is where I start but I've gone to some weird places with shucks.

[Jason]

Here's uotfly's version of an emerging Spring baetis. I would say most baetis shucks range from dark olive to light gray, just depends on the time of year and size of the baetis.

http://www.utahonthefly.com/entomology/BWO/emerging/

[Curtis Fry]

That's the picture sequence I remembered and couldn't find. Man that is awesome!

Thanks for the input guys. I think I'll do some experimenting.

[MWSpearo]

I have had some luck using rootbeer colored micro crystal flash as a trailing shuck.

It seems to me that this matterial has the dark color desired but blends the irridecence of a shuck.