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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This specimen appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
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Troutnut on Dec 7, 2011December 7th, 2011, 10:23 am EST
In case anyone was wondering, the site being down had nothing to do with the Chinese spammers that were recently attacking the forum. It was a problem with my web host affecting a bunch of their clients, and it's been fixed.
I'm pretty confident in saying I have the spammers beaten now. I put some powerful new anti-spam code in a few days ago, and since then they haven't posted a thing.
I'm pretty confident in saying I have the spammers beaten now. I put some powerful new anti-spam code in a few days ago, and since then they haven't posted a thing.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Entoman on Dec 7, 2011December 7th, 2011, 9:01 pm EST
Thanks for all the work, Jason. Sorry you've had so much trouble lately. You probably needed all this like an ear infection. It's not as if you have nothing else going on in your life...:)
Regards,
Kurt
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
CaseyP on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 5:23 am EST
thank you, Jason! your passion for bugs, fishing, and this site make a lot of lives much happier.
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
PaulRoberts on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 6:25 am EST
Thanks, Jason!
Oldredbarn on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 7:56 am EST
Jason,
I just figured that everything up your way, server and all, had just froze up...and you were out looking for some wood for the stove and it would thaw out eventually...Maybe June or so. :)
Stay warm! Thanks!
Spence
I just figured that everything up your way, server and all, had just froze up...and you were out looking for some wood for the stove and it would thaw out eventually...Maybe June or so. :)
Stay warm! Thanks!
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Troutnut on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 4:14 pm EST
The servers hosting this site are located in Chicago. Of course, most people would still call that a cold place. Compared to Fairbanks, though... ha ha HA HA ha HA ha ha HA HA HA ha ha HA ha HA HA HA etc...
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Jesse on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 4:25 pm EST
Jason thanks for dealing with all that comes with the bad ass site ha!
Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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