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It's only barely visible in one of my pictures, but I confirmed under the microscope that this one has a prosternal horn and the antennae are mid-way between the eyes and front of the head capsule.
I'm calling this one Pycnopsyche, but it's a bit perplexing. It seems to key definitively to at least Couplet 8 of the Key to Genera of Limnephilidae Larvae. That narrows it down to three genera, and the case seems wrong for the other two. The case looks right for Pycnopsyche, and it fits one of the key characteristics: "Abdominal sternum II without chloride epithelium and abdominal segment IX with only single seta on each side of dorsal sclerite." However, the characteristic "metanotal sa1 sclerites not fused, although often contiguous" does not seem to fit well. Those sclerites sure look fused to me, although I can make out a thin groove in the touching halves in the anterior half under the microscope. Perhaps this is a regional variation.
The only species of Pycnopsyche documented in Washington state is Pycnopsyche guttifera, and the colors and markings around the head of this specimen seem to match very well a specimen of that species from Massachusetts on Bugguide. So I am placing it in that species for now.
Whatever species this is, I photographed another specimen of seemingly the same species from the same spot a couple months later.
I'm calling this one Pycnopsyche, but it's a bit perplexing. It seems to key definitively to at least Couplet 8 of the Key to Genera of Limnephilidae Larvae. That narrows it down to three genera, and the case seems wrong for the other two. The case looks right for Pycnopsyche, and it fits one of the key characteristics: "Abdominal sternum II without chloride epithelium and abdominal segment IX with only single seta on each side of dorsal sclerite." However, the characteristic "metanotal sa1 sclerites not fused, although often contiguous" does not seem to fit well. Those sclerites sure look fused to me, although I can make out a thin groove in the touching halves in the anterior half under the microscope. Perhaps this is a regional variation.
The only species of Pycnopsyche documented in Washington state is Pycnopsyche guttifera, and the colors and markings around the head of this specimen seem to match very well a specimen of that species from Massachusetts on Bugguide. So I am placing it in that species for now.
Whatever species this is, I photographed another specimen of seemingly the same species from the same spot a couple months later.
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Report at a Glance
| General Region | NW va |
| Time of Day | 3 pm |
| Fish Caught | 9 and 10 inchers |
| Conditions & Hatches | Heavy Rains the day before went up stream |
Details and Discussion
Ditch on Jun 27, 2012June 27th, 2012, 8:13 pm EDT
Hope you guys like these Rained like crazy the day before nothing but rolling mud down stream so you go up. I have fished this creek for 6 years and this it the first time I took a picture, This will by my last post of them We moved 3 weeks later to the NC sandhills and there are no brookies around here but I am only 10 miles from the Cape Fear River so looks like Bass and Bream for a while but any fish is better than no fish. These big guys for the area are my personal best so after catching them on the first 2 pools I decided to call it a day why get frustrated end on a good note and all
I will go back to lurking now.
Phil
Now in Fuquay-Varina NC home of bubba bass and catfish (also Betts flys)
I will go back to lurking now.
Phil
Now in Fuquay-Varina NC home of bubba bass and catfish (also Betts flys)
There are no bad fishing days.
Ditch on Jun 27, 2012June 27th, 2012, 8:33 pm EDT
Even though we just moved I Won't get to specific other than a small headwater near Woodstock Va Fishing was the only high point of living there.
Philip
Philip
There are no bad fishing days.
Martinlf on Jun 28, 2012June 28th, 2012, 5:41 am EDT
Beautiful fish. Enjoy NC. I used to float the Cape Fear when I was in grad school in Chapel Hill and canoeing was my sport. I'm sure you'll find some nice bass and bream there.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
Jmd123 on Jun 28, 2012June 28th, 2012, 12:58 pm EDT
I love brookies!!! I have caught far more of them since I moved here a year and a half ago than ever before in my life. Biggest so far has been 12.5"! OK, that was out of a pond, but I've also gotten them up to 11" out of a local stream too. So beautiful and eager to please!
My favorite bass and "bream" flies (we call them sunfish up here in MI) are Woolly Buggers and my own Killer Bass Fly (KBF). I posted tying instructions on the latter here a few years ago so do a search for "Jonathon's Killer Bass Fly" or KBF" and you should find it. Of course, I'm sure you have your favorites too. I love bass & sunnies on a fly rod almost as much as trout, but I've been having an exceptional year of trout fishing so far so I haven't hit the centrarchids much lately. However, tonight I will be snorkeling and then kayak fishing Cooke Pond on the Au Sable, where I'm hoping for a Hex hatch to bring up the smallmouth - last year I got an 18-incher on a Hex pattern out there!
What fly patterns were you using on the brookies? Lately a #12 Royal Wulff has been my go-to fly for trout since the hatches seem to have died down lately...
Jonathon
My favorite bass and "bream" flies (we call them sunfish up here in MI) are Woolly Buggers and my own Killer Bass Fly (KBF). I posted tying instructions on the latter here a few years ago so do a search for "Jonathon's Killer Bass Fly" or KBF" and you should find it. Of course, I'm sure you have your favorites too. I love bass & sunnies on a fly rod almost as much as trout, but I've been having an exceptional year of trout fishing so far so I haven't hit the centrarchids much lately. However, tonight I will be snorkeling and then kayak fishing Cooke Pond on the Au Sable, where I'm hoping for a Hex hatch to bring up the smallmouth - last year I got an 18-incher on a Hex pattern out there!
What fly patterns were you using on the brookies? Lately a #12 Royal Wulff has been my go-to fly for trout since the hatches seem to have died down lately...
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Ditch on Jun 29, 2012June 29th, 2012, 4:24 pm EDT
8:23 and still 98 outside spent all day installing a dishwasher after mowing When does it get fun again.
Phil
Phil
There are no bad fishing days.
Martinlf on Jun 29, 2012June 29th, 2012, 6:28 pm EDT
As soon as you hit the water.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
Jmd123 on Jun 30, 2012June 30th, 2012, 9:49 am EDT
Time to go snorkeling! That's what I've been doing this week...good way to find productive fishing spots, too..
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
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