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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As far as I can tell, this species has only previously been reported from one site in Oregon along the Columbia gorge. However, the key characteristics are fairly unmistakable in all except for one minor detail:
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.
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Troutnut on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 10:35 am EST
This morning some jerk in Beijing, China attacked the forum with a script that posted thousands of spam messages under about five different usernames. I fixed it all in about five minutes by manually editing the database, and banned their IPs, but they could find a way back and do it again. If you see that again, please just send me a private message (like Jonathan did this time -- thanks!) and I'll get right on fixing it.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
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Softhackle on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 11:11 am EST
They are pains in the rear.
Mark
Mark
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Falsifly on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 11:47 am EST
I fixed it all in about five minutes
Maybe we should send Jason to China to visit with Hu Jintao.
Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Entoman on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 1:05 pm EST
Wow, that was wild. The weird thing is that there were no marketing links that I could see. Testing capabilities for cyber war?
"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
Troutnut on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 4:23 pm EST
The weird thing is that there were no marketing links that I could see. Testing capabilities for cyber war?
More likely, they were applying a script that doesn't understand how to post links so they show up on this site. I doubt there's even a real person overseeing the attack on this site specifically, just someone who turned a script loose to randomly crawl around the web. They probably didn't check to see whether their links worked here or not.
We just got hit with another round and I deleted it. The spammer was only using two IP blocks and I just put in a ban on those (in addition to the specific IP addresses used earlier) so hopefully that'll put an end to it.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Falsifly on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 6:49 pm EST
你這裡沒有鱒魚
Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Troutnut on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 8:53 pm EST
It looks like there is at least one real person in Beijing continuing to spam the site. I'm working on it, and appreciate the messages from people letting me know when he strikes.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Entoman on Nov 19, 2011November 19th, 2011, 9:33 pm EST
Allan,
Is that Mandarin for "Spammers, Bugger off!"?
Is that Mandarin for "Spammers, Bugger off!"?
"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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