New Zealand Mud Snail in the Truckee Rv.

[Doug O]

It has just come to my attention that the New Zealand Mud Snail has been found in the Truckee River. Check out this link for more info.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305140055/Invading-snails-discovered-Truckee-River-watch-video-?nclick_check=1
DougO

[Dan LeCount]

this sucks

[Doug O]

Dan,
Total bummer on the NZ mud snail.
On a better note: I just read your article in California Fly Fisher " At The Vise" on your Scuba Caddis. Sick pattern! Very nice article.
I'll have to twist a few up. Thanks for sharing. Nice blog site! I'll put a link on www.truckeeriverflyfishing.com (http:// www.truckeeriverflyfishing.com)
Doug O.

[Ralph]

I'm not so sure the NZMS is going to be a long-term game changer on the Truckee. I freaked out when they first appeared in the states, but watching their evolution here it seems they typically roar into the ecosystem, wreak havoc, then over shoot their biological carrying capacity then devolve and become just one in another of many background noises. Fingers crossed.

[Paul B.]

Thank you Ralph

[EricW]

Thanks for the heads up. Wish I'd known earlier even if it was just a warning of the possibility.

[Bob Loblaw]

I have a very limited knowledge of these things but from what I've read the snails compete with all the other bugs in the ecosystem for the same food and generally push them out until by sheer force of numbers. Fish also start eating them which isn't good if you are trying to catch trout on a fly....I haven't seen the "snail fly" yet.

[winxp_man]

I have a very limited knowledge of these things but from what I've read the snails compete with all the other bugs in the ecosystem for the same food and generally push them out until by sheer force of numbers. Fish also start eating them which isn't good if you are trying to catch trout on a fly....I haven't seen the "snail fly" yet.


Here is a variation :D :D :D


http://www.flytyingforum.com/uploads/img4c6706f2be1db.jpg

[SHigSpeed]

I have a very limited knowledge of these things but from what I've read the snails compete with all the other bugs in the ecosystem for the same food and generally push them out until by sheer force of numbers. Fish also start eating them which isn't good if you are trying to catch trout on a fly....I haven't seen the "snail fly" yet.

Yup, then you've never fished Davis in its heyday. It'd be interesting to dead drift a snail under an indi for fat rattling trout!

_SHig

[Dan LeCount]

Snail flies in Davis were rad. Haven't quite hit it like the old days before they killed the lake. I think they might take a little longer to re-establish compared to other macro invertebrates.

[Mike O]

Weren't the snails in Davis floaters though? NZMS are bottom feeders, no?