Daphnia (Water Fleas) on the WFFC website

Nice one Andy!

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That was an interesting read Vinnie, thanks for posting that.

Rhyming slang for daphnia could present a few problems!

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Musha rig um du rum da

Dirty so-and so's !

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JH based near Southampton

What I have trouble with is relating something the size of a hemp seed to a trout fly. If they're on the daphnia, what do you throw at them and why?

Hi Steve/

For sure - tradition has it that something with hot orange in it is good when they are on Daphnia. Dunkeld, kingfisher butcher, Hardy's gold butcher were all Leven stalwarts and the Leven fish were always big Daphnia feeders. I guess today's equivalent is an orange blob

If there is substance to it, it could just be that it is a trigger due to the crustacean pigment being detected by the fish, even though we struggle to see it until we put the lobster in a pan of boiling water

Could just as easily be a load of tosh.

Watch out for fish rising that seem to be uncatchable on dries - they can be feeding on Daphnia that is so high in the water, the fish break the surface as they go through it. I've been fooled by that one a few times

Col