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.

Troutnut is a project started in 2003 by salmonid ecologist Jason "Troutnut" Neuswanger to help anglers and fly tyers unabashedly embrace the entomological side of the sport. Learn more about Troutnut or support the project for an enhanced experience here.

The new site's FINALLY ready!

Troutnut

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Troutnut on Aug 16, 2006August 16th, 2006, 6:58 am EDT

After more than 20 months programming this thing, 10 of them full-time, it's finally going live!

What do you all think?

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

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Wiflyfisher on Aug 17, 2006August 17th, 2006, 8:15 am EDT

Congrats! Looks terrific!

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Hdw
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Hdw on Aug 18, 2006August 18th, 2006, 9:06 am EDT

Congrats on the new site... excellent

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Paul on Aug 18, 2006August 18th, 2006, 10:17 am EDT

Jason, you're CRAZY...LaFontaine type of crazy! GREAT WEBSITE...GREAT PICS! Congrats!

West

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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West on Aug 18, 2006August 18th, 2006, 3:37 pm EDT

Totally awesome! Well worth the wait!

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PJB
Woodstock, Georgia

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PJB on Aug 20, 2006August 20th, 2006, 2:23 am EDT

The site looks great.

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Dneuswanger on Aug 20, 2006August 20th, 2006, 4:40 am EDT

I may be a tad biased, being the Troutnut's Dad and all, but I think the new site LOOKS fantastic and FUNCTIONS incredibly well. Great job, son. You actually SCARE me with what you can do. Must have gotten the good genes from your Mother's side...

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Wading4fun
Dallas TX

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Wading4fun on Sep 22, 2006September 22nd, 2006, 4:22 pm EDT

Ijust stumbled on to your website today. I have already placed one of your backgrounds on my desktop at the office. Love the website. All the pics and articles. Think you are little buggy, but that is cool. You are a troutnut like the rest of us.

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Ntom on Sep 23, 2006September 23rd, 2006, 4:27 am EDT

Very cool Jason it was worth the wait. Excellent pictures.

ntom