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

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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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First time out with the bamboo resto-rod

Report at a Glance

General Region	W MI
Specific Location	Rogue River, above Summit
Dates Fished	Monday May 28th 2012
Time of Day	6:30 am
Fish Caught	one hatchery rainbow...but it was still FUN!!
Conditions & Hatches	65 degrees, partly cloudy, water clear and in mid-50's. Small (18-20's) Sulphurs were dapping on the surface, no other insects observed. Lots of rises, some jumpers.

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Roguerat on May 30, 2012May 30th, 2012, 11:01 am EDT

I was up and running @ 5 am on Monday, on the water by 6:30. This was the shake-down voyage for bamboo resto-rod (not really restored, but refurbished with new components and finish...refurbo-rod?). Semantics aside, I had a ball getting used to the rythyms of a bamboo rod- distinct and more relaxed than my point-and-shoot graphites. Lots of rise-rings and a few 'leapers' all morning, alas I only hooked one willing rainbow of about 8"...but a ton of fun using a rod nearly 65 years old brought back to life, and in it's 3rd generation of the family!

The Roguerat

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