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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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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Northern California caddisfly

Troutnabout has attached this picture to aid in identification. The message is below.

Northern california caddisfly. Finally got it.

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Troutnabout on Nov 27, 2006November 27th, 2006, 5:26 pm EST

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Taxon on Nov 27, 2006November 27th, 2006, 7:05 pm EST

Troutabout-

If it's from N. California, you can probably forget Platycentropus. It's likely either Limnephilus or the other (probably Limnephilini tribe) Limnephilid genus, which LaFontaine said build similar cases. And no, I don't know which genus he meant. Perhaps someone else will. That's what I just love about this forum.

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Roger Rohrbeck
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Troutnabout on Nov 29, 2006November 29th, 2006, 3:20 pm EST

David thanks for your feedback. I've e-mailed the photographer to ask that. I'll let you know what she says.

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Troutnabout on Dec 6, 2006December 6th, 2006, 2:18 pm EST

David;I heard from the photographer. She believes phtot was taken at lake McCumber in Shingletown,Ca.