February tying contest thread-and January's winner is:
- Thread starter Billy
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But is it a LAKE emerger?
Admittedly I tied these for stream fishing. And they have really worked well for me. I don't see why they wouldn't work as a Callibaetis emerger for lakes.
Transition Dun:
Stillborn/Cripple/Emerger Klinkhammer thing
Transition Dun:
Stillborn/Cripple/Emerger Klinkhammer thing
Love the klinkhammer!
Yeah.
Okay.
Okey dokey, Ira. I’m the one who doesn’t get it.
Who’s messing with who?
Damn dude. You have so much skill.
I type on my phone and lazily don’t always look back. If the letters I’m hitting are in the top row sometimes I hit the suggestions instead on accident. Hunk was supposed to be think.Yeah.
Okay.
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Okey dokey, Ira. I’m the one who doesn’t get it.
Who’s messing with who?
Now back to it:
1. A midge pupae, order Diptera, is a nymph.
2. Emerger is when an aquatic nymph breaks out of their shuck at the surface of the water.
3. An emerger pattern in my opinion should match this stage of an insects life.
4. I don’t think jig nymphs are emergers.
5. Matt B is not interested in this topic.
6. Billy really wants to win one of these.
7. I want Billy to win one, or better yet I want to win and then choose “Top Water Bass” so Billy can crush.
8. I do not envy @Kfish and the choice he needs to make.
MillCreekMinnow
Steelhead
* Too bad *. And they never get blown off the reeds? That's it. I'm tying a reed pattern next. I'm so stupid! I need my two rod still water license so I can present both patterns properly. Please stand by for an updated follow up post.
Peace
Odd thread….. 
Not sure if raccoons or parachutes with a chironomid body would be considered ”emerges”.
SF
Not sure if raccoons or parachutes with a chironomid body would be considered ”emerges”.
SF
Just saying that damsels don’t emerge on the water this way. They also are not really blown off the reeds either. I would, fish that beautiful creation of yours boldly and with confidence.
Stonedfish, as the resident (tongue in cheek)“expert” on such things, I would call these emerges, and why not, I’ll call them emergers as well.Odd thread…..
Not sure if raccoons or parachutes with a chironomid body would be considered ”emerges”.
SF
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Stonedfish, as the resident (tongue in cheek)“expert” on such things, I would call these emerges, and why not, I’ll call them emergers as well.
God damn auto correct got me again!
SF
I'm going to have to try your technique for tying the "raccoon" - I've always used deer hair and sometimes that's a one fish fly. Heck yes, they're emergers.Odd thread…..
Not sure if raccoons or parachutes with a chironomid body would be considered ”emerges”.
SF
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A foam-backed Raccoon variant is one of my stillwater fishing the film staples. Good pattern, great modification!Odd thread…..
Not sure if raccoons or parachutes with a chironomid body would be considered ”emerges”.
SF
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I dunno, I think that my early Triassic period 6/0 killer midge emerger has to be in the lead here. I even added a small bubble hear the head to mimic a small bubble.... 
I mean, when these bad boys were keyed in on monster midges, they wouldn't take anything else....
I mean, when these bad boys were keyed in on monster midges, they wouldn't take anything else....
You better win, because you used at least $8 worth of resin on it.I dunno, I think that my early Triassic period 6/0 killer midge emerger has to be in the lead here. I even added a small bubble hear the head to mimic a small bubble....
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Dave Boyle
Life of the Party
A bad haircut, mayfly emerger for Billy 
Dave
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Perhaps some are suffering. My heart goes out to them.What does @Taxon say? Perhaps we are suffering spending too much time indoors.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but looks to me like a pupa is not a nymph. It is the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Complete metamorphosis is a type of insect development that contains four stages that are egg, larva, pupa, and adult and the stages differ morphologically.
Incomplete metamorphosis is a type of insect development where gradual changes occur between the egg stage and the adult. It contains three stages which are egg, nymph, and adult.
- Complete metamorphosis refers to a type of insect development where the developmental stages are different from each other morphologically, while incomplete metamorphosis is a type of development in insects where changes in their body occur gradually during their lifetime.
- Complete metamorphosis has four developmental stages while incomplete metamorphosis contains three stages.
- The complete metamorphosis contains larvae which are very active, ravenous-eating larvae, while incomplete metamorphosis contains nymphs which resembles adults.
- In complete metamorphosis, the exoskeleton is shed while in the incomplete metamorphosis the exoskeleton may remain throughout the lifetime.
- Reproductive ability is found in adults in complete metamorphosis while in incomplete metamorphosis reproductive ability is successful in some former stages.
