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<p>As I mentioned on the podcast, if you are in the Southern Maine area, on Thursday January 9, we'll be having a fly tying demo at Joshua's Restaraunt in Brunswick, ME from 6 to about 8. Bring your fly tying material if you want (and a lamp) or just come and learn about these insects in person and their imitations.</p> <p>So, as I mention in the podcast, I'm referring to two families of stoneflies when I talk about "golden" stones - both Perlidae and Perlodidae. What draws them together is the fact that they have these tiger striped nymphs. Like this - where this one happens to be a Perlid:</p> <p><img style="border-width: 5px; margin: 5px;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/87999/010a0b2ebfc76b68a1973e88aa201c44e443605f70_480x640.jpg" alt="Perlidae" width="480" height="640" /></p> <p> </p> <p>One of the things that is distinctive about them is that you can often find their exuvia (discarded exoskeleton) on the rocks around a stream. This is a fun picture where not onl...