Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.

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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.

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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.

Anyone else going to the American Fisheries Society conference in Seattle? (Sept 4-8, 2011)

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Sep 2, 2011September 2nd, 2011, 2:21 pm EDT

I'll be doing a presentation there about my research on juvenile Chinook salmon. I'm not sure who else here would specifically be going, and I would guess I'd be more likely to find fellow troutnuts at a NABS meeting, but I still thought it's worth checking. Is anyone attending who'd want to meet up?

Here's the conference website:

http://afs2011.org/

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Sep 2, 2011September 2nd, 2011, 5:45 pm EDT

I WISH, but I have started teaching my intro Biology class so I'm booked...too bad because I love conferences and I haven't been to one in a while...

Jonathon

P.S. Jason, best of luck on your presentation!

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Creno
Grants Pass, OR

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Creno on Sep 2, 2011September 2nd, 2011, 7:51 pm EDT

Nope - dropped that club awhile ago - bugs are more fun. Do you want years of back issues? going to NABS next year?

Troutnut

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Troutnut on Sep 2, 2011September 2nd, 2011, 8:30 pm EDT

Do you want years of back issues?

Thanks, but I've got online access... I have too many paper issues taking up space in my closet already. It feels wrong to throw science in the trash (or recycling), but I should probably bite the bullet and do it, unless Adobe has a nefarious secret plan to un-invent the PDF format or something.

going to NABS next year?

I don't know about meetings next year yet. I've been meaning to go to a NABS meeting at some point, since I've never been to one yet. I'll post here when I do. The talk I'm giving at AFS this year would be a half-decent fit for NABS as well, but it's an even better fit for all the salmonid behavioral ecologists I'll be speaking to next week.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Creno
Grants Pass, OR

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Creno on Sep 3, 2011September 3rd, 2011, 1:24 pm EDT

NABS (now SFS) is currently asking for session suggestions. Maybe you want to bring some other fish folks with ya. We used to have quite a few talks on darters and fish/mussel interactions.

http://www.freshwater-science.org/