Shield beetle,need help

[Country Joe]

At my local Fishery, Trout have been stuffed with this beetle,
It has a Light Brown top half and underneath is a orange,
Its a big Beetle just under half inch,with a shield shape, therefore the name,i think the come in other colours, but these are only of the above colour, yet have never seen any flying around or floating on the water surface, i take it they are not a Water Beetle?
Any patterns for this Insect? how would you fish them?
And will the hatch be short lived?
Being a large insect, how do i not see them, are the trout taking them in the Dark?
Cheers Laurie.

[Scratch]

Some stuff here Laurie.

[silversedge]

Never thought about a shield bug being in a trouts diet we live and learn excellent

[Country Joe]

Interesting Insect, but as i said, why havnt i seen them, and never seen one on top of the water? spent a good couple of hours today looking for them round the small loch.
Could i be right that Trout are taking them during the night?

[mayflyjunky]

Originally Posted by Country Joe And The Fish

At my local Fishery, Trout have been stuffed with this beetle,
It has a Light Brown top half and underneath is a orange,
Its a big Beetle just under half inch,with a shield shape, therefore the name,i think the come in other colours, but these are only of the above colour, yet have never seen any flying around or floating on the water surface, i take it they are not a Water Beetle?
Any patterns for this Insect? how would you fish them?
And will the hatch be short lived?
Being a large insect, how do i not see them, are the trout taking them in the Dark?
Cheers Laurie.

I have had a fantastic weeks fishing with these buggers on the water catching some nice bags of rainbows. They tend to lie on their backs in the water kicking their legs.

The only fly that worked for me was an orange hopper with a ginger head hackle and a mirage rib. They have turned their noses up at everything else. Maybe it's just conicendence but im not complaining.
The takes seemed to be very subtle not what you would expect!!!!!!

Don't know what they are called.

[Country Joe]

What size hook, did you find the best,What did you use on the body?

[3lbgrayling]

This the guy.



jim

[HOOK]

Hello Laurie, Same happened on my water last season the water was full of brownish beetles they were hatching in the woods close to the water or dropping off over hanging tree's onto the water the trout were stuffed full of them I was using Black&Peacock Spider and Black Knotted Midge both size12 never seen them this season, hope this helps. Robbie

[simon h]

Thats the guy ive seen splenty around the water but never in. The trout are definately taking them though,

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