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.

We were lucky to be able to fish through this storm as it skirted around us to the north, giving us just enough clouds to prompt a BWO hatch but keeping the lighting at a safe distance.

From Slough Creek in Wyoming

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Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Epeorus albertae (Heptageniidae) (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph from the East Fork Issaquah Creek in Washington

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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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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Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult

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Female Brachycentrus americanus (Brachycentridae) (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult from the Fall River in California

Size 11 mm. Prior to this photo the specimen dropped its large egg mass that was a very dark (almost black) olive sphere almost twice the diameter of the abdomen. Notice the abdomen visible through the wings is both thickened and shortened post egg drop.

Collected October 14, 2011 from the Fall River in California

Added by Entoman on October 21, 2011

Collected October 14, 2011 from the Fall River in California and added by Entoman on October 21, 2011

Creno
Grants Pass, OR

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Creno on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 10:26 am EDT

there is a link for the locality however the link does not work. Is it possible to include locality information with the image itself? That way when a link is broke in the future it is still possible to associate the specimen with the location, date, collector, etc.

Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 11:19 am EDT

Hi Dave,

It is supposed to. Already sent a PM to Jason to help me sort out what I'm doing wrong.

Regards,

Kurt

"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 11:43 am EDT

Dave, I'm helping get Kurt up to speed on making locations work right. These are his first additions to the site, and the system I've designed for keeping track of locations is a little bit confusing at first. Soon it'll all be fixed.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist