Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

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Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.

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Shawnny3
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Pleasant Gap, PA

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Shawnny3 on Oct 31, 2007October 31st, 2007, 8:17 am EDT

I've been castrated by a missing u.

Yet another creative application of your vocabulary word, Louis. Quite clever, John.

-Shawn

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JOHNW

Chambersburg, PA

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JOHNW on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 7:29 am EDT

Shawwny,
I wish I could accept points for cleverness in phonetically castrating Louis however it falls squarely on the shoulders of rushed covert typing while using the internet at work.

Lois (or Louis if you prefer),
A thousand pardons!
JW

"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn

Martinlf

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Martinlf on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 10:09 am EDT

Now that I've gotten my manly voice back, I can say in booming tones, no offense taken, John.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

Lam
Lancaster, PA

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Lam on Nov 9, 2007November 9th, 2007, 2:13 pm EST

How 'bout an update. Did you get to go fishing? Do tell.

LittleJ
Hollidaysburg Pa

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LittleJ on Nov 14, 2007November 14th, 2007, 12:31 pm EST

sorry to report that I didn't make it down yet...I had a sick pregnant wife and daughter that weekend. I'm planing on heading down first chance I get.
jeff

Lam
Lancaster, PA

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Lam on Nov 14, 2007November 14th, 2007, 2:01 pm EST

I don't understand what stopped you from going fishing....J/K

Oh well, update us when you make the trip.

Take care.