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Angler"s Entomology Podcast

Explore the wonderful world of the critters fish eat. Both insects and others, we learn how they live and survive and pick up fly fishing tips in the process.

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Episode 15: Ants

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/10/01

Here you go folks - all about ants. All the fascinating diversity and complexity that we boil down to two bumps on a hook. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to check out the blog: http://anglersentomology.libsyn.com/

Episode 15: Pics and Notes for Ants

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/09/30

Well, I don't have a lot of pics of ants. I mean, they are so ubiquitous that one never really gets excited and says, "oooh, and ant! Let me get a picture of that!". As promised, however, I do have a picture of ants tending aphids - which I got while up around Grand Lake Stream in Maine: More of interest, I think, are the resources I can point you to should you be interested in poking around more. Here is Holldobler's and Wilson's epic work, the Ants:

Episode 14: Notes and pics for color and how insects...

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/09/06

So, for the notes for this episode I'm going to stray a little farther afield from the actual podcast and give visual examples of how insects use color. Some of these are relevant for aquatic insects / trout fishing and some really aren't. But they are cool, so... Probably the simplest and most intuitive use of color is camouflage. The following pic is of a cone headed katydid - which is green. Like the plants it hangs out on. Katydids are found around streams just as much as grasshoppers (if

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Episode 14: Color

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/09/06

Yep, a whole episode just about color. This may be the most interesting episode I've recorded - we'll talk about how color is produced, how we (and fish) perceive it, and how insects use it. I've added pics to the blog post - that will show examples of what I'm talking about: http://anglersentomology.libsyn.com/

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Episode 13: How to Collect Insects

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/08/10

Hi folks, here is the third and last installment on our "how to" series on collecting insects. This time we'll focus on the actual deed - tools and techniques for finding and getting insects from the field to your home to study. This is an episode where the blog post will be especially helpful - as it shows pictures and links of the various tools I discuss. It can be found here: http://anglersentomology.libsyn.com/. I hope you enjoy the program!

Episode 13 Notes and Pics - for Collecting Insects

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/08/04

Hi folks, Here is a post describing and providing pictures for some of the gear I describe in the collecting insects episode. As usual, shoot me any questions if you have any...at Anglersent@gmail.com Here’s a pic of my “pocket” collecting gear. Pretty simple. A strainer, some vials and forceps. I actually have it strapped onto my wader belt usually. It’s in an old epi-pen container – I used to be allergic to honey bees… Note my treasured Grandfather's "ear" forceps. Those are close to 100

Episode 12: Crawlers - pics and notes

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/07/13

Hi folks - here are some pics and notes that go along with episode 12. Firstly, and most importantly, here is a link to my wife's interview on the pocast, The Liars Club. My wife ties flies in the Carrie Steven's style - for those of you who don't know, Carrie Stevens invented a style of fly in the Rangeley, Maine area which imitated smelt - the Grey Ghost is her most famous fly. Selene ties in that style, including by tying without a vice, in her hands. You can also see her flies on her

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Episode 12: Crawler Mayflies

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/07/13

Today we'll talk about the crawler mayflies - critters which include such important guys as the hendrickson, some of the sulphurs and Tricos. This is our last podcast on the mayflies! You can find some pics showing what I describe on my blog posts. Also, check out the cool interview of my wife - talking about the history of fly tying in Maine, and her tying streamers in the traditional Carrie Stevens style.

Pictures for Episode 5: Megaloptera

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/07/08

So, Selene and I were walking out to lunch in downtown Augusta the other day when we saw a nice male Dobsonfly. They fall into the category of "charismatic megafauna" (almost) and it struck me as a good time to add some pics so you could know what we were talking about in Episode 5. Interestingly, Episode 5 has consistently been the least downloaded episode - probably because no one knows what Megaloptera is! But they are cool - as you can see from the pics. Here's the guy we collected at

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Episode 11: Starting an Insect Collection

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/06/07

For those of you interested in delving into entomology, here is an episode on how to develop an insect collection. We'll be talking about all sorts of insects and techniques - both those specific to trout fishing insects, but others as well. There are tons of links and pictures on the blog post for this episode, which you can find here: http://anglersentomology.libsyn.com/

Notes for Ep. 11: Starting an insect collection

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/06/07

Hi folks, here are some notes and resources that may be helpful for Episode 11: How to Start an Insect Collection To start with we talked about using a phone to take pictures of insects – this is a great way to record what you see in the field and we all have a camera with us now a days. Here is a nice blog / tutorial on using cell phone cameras – with their pros and cons: https://dragonflywoman.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/cell-phone-photography-101-for-web1.pdf There are lots of summaries of how

Episode 10: Pictures and Links

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/05/05

As promised, here is a link to the commencement address by Richard Feinman: http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3043/1/CargoCult.pdf. Thinking about what science actually is, is a subject near and dear to me. My graduate work was in ‘uncertainty analysis’ – as it applies to toxicology and many of the jobs I’ve held involved critiquing publications. That said, there is being a critical thinker and then there is hubris and self deception. Choosing your sources and keeping track of the limits of

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Episode 10: Clinging Mayflies

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/05/04

In Episode 10 we'll tackle the Clingers - which include the March Brown and the Quill Gordon, among others. We'll also have a few diversions - to talk about slippery rocks and science - how we claim to know what we think we know. Regarding the latter - here is the link to the commencement address by Richard Feinman. http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3043/1/CargoCult.pdf Also, if you want to see some pics of these critters, I've added some text to the blog page on this subject:

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Episode 9: Minnowlike Mayflies

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/04/05

We will continue with our overview of the mayflies by looking at the minnow like mayflies. We'll talk about their complicated naming, migration of mayflies, pronunciation as well as the blue winged olives, the grey drake and the leadwinged coachman. Enjoy.

March 26, 2017 Trip Report

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/04/02

ME, Readfield Kennebec County Beaver Brook 38 ◦F Air Temp One of the nice things about collecting aquatic insects is that you can collect in the middle of winter. You can also collect terrestrial insects if you know where to look, but aquatic insects are easy – they are in the water. Even though we have a pretty decent layer of snow on the ground the air temperature was warm and we chose to explore a little creek near us – Beaver Brook. As I said, the temperature was warm – warm enough so that

2017 Western Maine FF Expo - Trip Report

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/03/20

Holy Frozen Canoli it was cold out. I mean, sure, this is Maine in the winter, but standing in the only non-frozen stream we could find when it was minus 1 degree Fahrenheit? What – were we nuts? Selene certainly has her opinion on that, but I’ll let you answer that for yourself. We were in this frozen predicament because this was the weekend Selene and I went to the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo – hosted by Mollyockett Trout Unlimited Chapter. The idea was that Selene and I would present

My insect collection

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/03/11

Today I thought I’d write a bit about my insect collection. This isn’t really a “how to” post, mostly just some musings about my collection. I’m very proud of my collection, because after a long and rather involved history it has come back into my possession. The collection currently consists of two museum cabinets of 12 drawers each, only of pinned adult insects. Originally I had another cabinet as well and a large collection of immature insects and spiders preserved in alcohol. Unfortunately,

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Episode 8: Insect ID

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/03/03

In this episode we'll talk about strategies for identifying the critters you find while you are out. While focusing on insects, the strategies are the same no matter what you are looking at. I mention several websites that are useful in the podcast - which are: www,bugguide.net; www.flyfishingentomology.com, and www.troutnut.com. You can find these links and other useful links on the Angler's Entomology Podcast Website where there is a blog discussing this episode. Also, here is the link to

Resources for Episode 8: Insect ID

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/03/03

Hi, welcome to the first Angler’s Entomology Podcast Blog Post. Today I’d like to add some supplementary material for the podcast about Insect Identification. Not a lot – just some links to the resources I mentioned in the podcast. And … it is the nature of a list of links online – within a relatively short period of time some of these links will be moved or broken. Sorry about that – I’m not going to be spending my time tracking down links over time. So – I hope these work for long enough

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Episode 7: Burrowing Mayflies

Angler"s Entomology Podcast ·

2017/02/15

Today we will explore the group of mayflies whose nymphs burrow - at least most of them do. This includes some of the largest most showy (and exciting from a fly fishing perspective) mayflies - such as Hex's and the Green Drake. As promised in the episode, here is a link to my wife's pattern, the Hexamongous - http://www.flyfishinginnh.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4222 Here is the pattern too, in case the link gets broken: Hook: Daiichi 1270 Size#8 Thread: Brown Tail: Wood Duck Flank Body: Cream

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