Figured these might be timely, as I was staring at them on my tying bench the other day trying to get the colors right before heading to the Yakima. I'm kind of out of practice on tying, but I improvised some messy, eye-crowded, lopsided abominations that fooled a few fish and at least closer on size and color than most of the commercial ties.
Skwala nymph:
Skwala adult female:
Belly view, i.e. what the fish sees:
Now some fun ones, close relatives of Skwala you don't hear too much about, but they turned up in my kick net samples in the Wenatchee mountains. Frisonia picticeps is the closest, and to tell it apart from Skwala you have to look at the teeth under a microscope.
And Megarcys (exact species can't be determined from the nymph):
Skwala nymph:
Skwala adult female:
Belly view, i.e. what the fish sees:
Now some fun ones, close relatives of Skwala you don't hear too much about, but they turned up in my kick net samples in the Wenatchee mountains. Frisonia picticeps is the closest, and to tell it apart from Skwala you have to look at the teeth under a microscope.
And Megarcys (exact species can't be determined from the nymph):
