Salmonflies
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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This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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Jesse on May 16, 2011May 16th, 2011, 7:07 pm EDT
Now i know that everyone here on troutnut gets tired from time to time of all the reading that we do for each other..so i decided id give all you guys and girls some more pictures to look at ha ;) These are just a few of the beautiful wild fish i recently encountered, and boy oh boy did i have to work for them! But you know what they say, hard work sure does pay off.
Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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Jmd123 on May 16, 2011May 16th, 2011, 9:34 pm EDT
DANG, Jesse!! Where is that?? Funny thing, that pipeline reminds me of the Chattahoochee River in the Atlanta, GA area. I fished that myself in 2002 and caught some nice rainbows & brownies, but not THAT big!! Bigger than that first little dude though, pretty as it is...Well done Sir!!
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Troutnut on May 16, 2011May 16th, 2011, 10:17 pm EDT
Nice fish, and nice pictures!
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Oldredbarn on May 17, 2011May 17th, 2011, 6:49 am EDT
Jess,
I have seen enough of your previous undergraduate work to believe you may be just about ready to begin working on your Brown Trout Masters here on the Au Sable...I think my fellow Michiganders on this site would agree with me that they can be tough...They don't like playing much in the daylight and won't move more than a quarter inch from logs that are up under overhanging cedars,or they stay hidden up under under-cut banks, but we feel that once you can catch Browns here consistantly you just about have it made anywhere else.
Consider this a letter of acceptance to Brown Trout U...:)
Salvelinus fontinalis! Brings tears to my eyes! That's why us old-school Michigan river-rats feel Rube Babbitt was a visionary and should be nominated for sainthood! He, he!
Spence
I have seen enough of your previous undergraduate work to believe you may be just about ready to begin working on your Brown Trout Masters here on the Au Sable...I think my fellow Michiganders on this site would agree with me that they can be tough...They don't like playing much in the daylight and won't move more than a quarter inch from logs that are up under overhanging cedars,or they stay hidden up under under-cut banks, but we feel that once you can catch Browns here consistantly you just about have it made anywhere else.
Consider this a letter of acceptance to Brown Trout U...:)
Salvelinus fontinalis! Brings tears to my eyes! That's why us old-school Michigan river-rats feel Rube Babbitt was a visionary and should be nominated for sainthood! He, he!
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
PaulRoberts on May 18, 2011May 18th, 2011, 8:43 am EDT
Awesome!
What are the particulars on those browns? Not the location, the story... I'll try a guess... spring high water and...yellow streamers?
What are the particulars on those browns? Not the location, the story... I'll try a guess... spring high water and...yellow streamers?
Jesse on May 19, 2011May 19th, 2011, 4:58 pm EDT
Well as you know i cant say much ha, but your right about the spring time..late spring though only a couple of weeks ago and no they werent on yellow streamers. Most of them actually werent caught on streamers at all. Nymphs and dries.
Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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JohanB on Jun 14, 2011June 14th, 2011, 4:31 am EDT
Glad to see your trip is going well buddy! keep us updated in your findings. and from a friend to a friend be breezy!
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