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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous insects of the order Plecoptera, having two pairs of membranous wings and long antennae, the nymphs of which often live under stones in streams. Adult and larval stoneflies are used as fishing bait.
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- noun any
insect , of theorder Plecoptera, having aflattened body ; they are used byfishermen asbait
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
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Examples
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Nymph: A size 10 or 12 black stonefly is standard, but Hare's Ears and others work.
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Nymphs: Pheasant tail, * gold ribbed hare's ear, stonefly
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Nice, bring lots of big black anything, the stonefly hatch is usually good right now.
Graduation 2009
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All submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. from rdorman wrote 6 weeks 3 days ago the black/gold stonefly hatch, just like to watch them divebomb there eggs into the stream
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Nice, bring lots of big black anything, the stonefly hatch is usually good right now.
Graduation 2009
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I also found that a tan stonefly nymph with a bead head will make bream go crazy.
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The Nant Fawr Stream that threads through the site provides a haven for further insects such as mayfly and stonefly and also a home to brown trout, eels and even the odd otter.
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Nymphs: Pheasant tail, * gold ribbed hare's ear, stonefly
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I also found that a tan stonefly nymph with a bead head will make bream go crazy.
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He runs 17 to 24 inches of line from the eye of this fly, then attaches a stonefly nymph [c].
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