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.

For how many years, I wonder, have these huge slabs of rock sheltered wild brook trout?

From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York

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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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Bluemoon
Amherst Co.,Va.

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Bluemoon on Feb 21, 2011February 21st, 2011, 1:45 pm EST

Have seen lots of pics taken in NY's Catskills.As a teen(mid 60's) i spent time at my aunts house(rt.55A) overlooking the Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan,Co.,NY
I also remember seeing trout in the stream that flowed through the town of Grahamsville which was near by.
Are any of your posted pics of the Rondout Res. or of the stream in Grahamsville ?
Thanks...love your site !

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Feb 21, 2011February 21st, 2011, 5:37 pm EST

I don't have any Rondout Reservoir pics, nor any of the stream (apparently Chestnut Creek) that flows through Grahamsville. I do have some scenery pics from Rondout Creek, which is just up the road a couple miles. It was very pretty but I didn't catch any fish.

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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

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Gutcutter on Feb 22, 2011February 22nd, 2011, 1:31 am EST

but jason, did you find any bugs?

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Troutnut on Feb 22, 2011February 22nd, 2011, 7:48 am EST

I don't think I sampled any bugs there. I spent a pretty short amount of time on Rondout, and more on some other creeks in the area that day.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist