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Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana
Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
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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Brroooooook Trout!
Bill Tegethoff doing work!
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Jesse on Nov 30, 2011November 30th, 2011, 12:51 pm EST
Some scenery shots from varies rivers for you guys to enjoy!
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Oldredbarn on Nov 30, 2011November 30th, 2011, 3:40 pm EST
Jess,

It's always good to see you are hitting the books up there at the university...:) I'll sleep better tonight son knowing you are putting those tuition dollars to such good work...

Thanks for the eye candy, Jess!

Spence
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Goose on Dec 1, 2011December 1st, 2011, 4:54 am EST
hey Jess, great photos. do you go to a trout university?
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Oldredbarn on Dec 1, 2011December 1st, 2011, 5:10 am EST
do you go to a trout university?


No Goose...He just plays hooky from the university just about every chance he gets...:) I'll bet his biology text-book's sitting in the back set of his fishing-wagon and he has told himself that he would squeeze some studying in somehow when he's not fishing and it's buried now under dirty wet cloths and fishing tackle...:)

Spence

He's just working on that PhD in Brown Trout studies...;) Ahhh...To be young again!
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"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Jesse on Dec 1, 2011December 1st, 2011, 5:32 am EST
Hahaha ohhhhh brother, Goose, yeah you could say that im going to a trout university ah! And Spence, once again no comment my man, good to hear from you though im glad you enjoy the shots!
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Oldredbarn on Dec 1, 2011December 1st, 2011, 6:47 am EST
And Spence, once again no comment my man


Jess,

You do know, don't you, that once your "schooling" is complete in Montana, your final exam's on the Au Sable...The big old Browns there like to rest in places that will try your casting skills...Seldom are they in the open.

:)

By-the-way...That last photo is beautiful! That looks like a spot worthy of wasting the day in.

Spence
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"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Entoman on Dec 1, 2011December 1st, 2011, 9:20 am EST
Spence,

I thought we established in another thread that Jess has serious girlfriends all over the country who's dads have exclusive trout waters tied up. It's not much of a stretch to assume he's got a cutie or two monitoring classes for him and tutoring him for the tests. I doubt he has to worry about biology books getting lost in his kit. Is that one of the dads in the photo? Hmm?

Jess - Sorry, but I have to admit I enjoy teaming up with Spence to harangue you a little. It's what us young guys do to even younger guys like yourself we happen to think might amount to something.:) I was called "kid" by a few well into my 40's and they were world champion harassers in between grudging compliments. They don't call me that anymore, but I sure wish they did, 'cause it'ed mean they were still here with us....

BTW - Is that the Big Hole?

Regards,

Kurt
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Jmd123 on Dec 1, 2011December 1st, 2011, 4:19 pm EST
Nice photos and nice fish there, Jesse! I especially like that big fat cutthroat with the bright orange marks. I'm missing my summer trout waters right now - got two pairs of leaking waders, getting over a cold, and it's COLD outside...but, I am starting a new project, a 55-gallon aquarium with small fishies from the lower Au Sable, caught by minnow traps. This way I'll at least have some fish to LOOK AT this winter.

Jonathon

P.S. Don't mind Kurt & Spence, they're just jealous you get to go fishing so often and catch such nice ones...
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
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Jesse on Dec 2, 2011December 2nd, 2011, 8:41 pm EST
Kurt i can only wish that i had multiple beautiful ladies all over the country with well set fathers that own their own private waters..oh wouldn't that be nice hahaha!

Spence i barely have any school left, and soon i will be making my move to the northeast and slaying all over the northern rivers. And the Au Sable is definitely on the priority list. Your just going to have to point the noses out and from there i will gladly do the rest of the work.

Jonathon don't worry i know they are ahaha, and thanks for the compliments!
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Jesse on Dec 2, 2011December 2nd, 2011, 8:43 pm EST
Oh and Kurt, im all of a sudden having a slight memory loss as to where the shots were taken...damn! ;)
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Entoman on Dec 3, 2011December 3rd, 2011, 1:00 am EST
Uh Huh... That's not supposed to happen until much later in life.

(He's learning , Spence)
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Jesse on Dec 3, 2011December 3rd, 2011, 5:23 pm EST
hahah....
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Oldredbarn on Dec 4, 2011December 4th, 2011, 5:49 am EST
Uh Huh... That's not supposed to happen until much later in life.

(He's learning , Spence)


Kurt...I think he's been reading your posts and remembers you threatening your nephew if he ever spilled the beans on a cherished fishing hole. :) "What were those coordinates again? I'll just enter them here in my new GPS unit." :)

Jess...The mighty Au Sable awaits! :)
Spence i barely have any school left
That may be kid, but the learning never ends...If you're lucky. :) I have been storing notes and observations on that river for decades now, yet sometimes the river makes me think I wasn't really paying attention or I was a sleep during the lecture...;)

Spence
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"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Jesse on Dec 4, 2011December 4th, 2011, 3:25 pm EST
Theres not a day on the water or a fishing trip that i don't have notes for, great way to keep track! And sleeping during lecture comes at a regular basis for me now ha.
Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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