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

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Pteronarcys californica

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

Outlet stream of Upper Titcomb Lake

From Titcomb Basin in Wyoming

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Artistic view of a Perlodidae (Springflies and Yellow Stones) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This one seems to lead to Couplet 35 of the Key to Genera of Perlodidae Nymphs and the genus Isoperla, but I'm skeptical that's correct based on the general look. I need to get it under the microscope to review several choices in the key, and it'll probably end up a different Perlodidae.

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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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Site updates from September 5, 2013

Photos by Troutnut from Denali Highway in Alaska

Tundra puddle

From Denali Highway in Alaska

Waddling swans with their signets

From Denali Highway in Alaska

Lowland by Seattle Creek

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Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Sep 10, 2013September 10th, 2013, 1:44 pm EDT

Fella...Its starting to look like its about to get a little chilly up there! :)

Jason...Are you using filters to take these photos?

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

Troutnut

Administrator
Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Sep 11, 2013September 11th, 2013, 5:19 pm EDT

It's definitely getting a bit chilly up here.

I take all these pictures through a polarizing filter (because it's easier to leave it on my walk-around camera than to take it on and off all the time), but it's usually not noticeable. Manipulating the photos in Lightroom may give them a bit of a filtered look. Hopefully it's a good look.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 920

Crepuscular on Sep 11, 2013September 11th, 2013, 5:37 pm EDT

Hopefully it's a good look.

Jason, it's more than good.

On another note, do you ever do any bird hunting up there?

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Sep 11, 2013September 11th, 2013, 5:52 pm EDT

Wonderful! In CO, too, it was the ground cover that lit up in autumn. Just reveled in it.

Curious... Do you know if the tree distribution in the second image is due to fire, water, or frost?

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Sep 11, 2013September 11th, 2013, 7:35 pm EDT

WOW Jason. You sure have no shortage of picturesque landscapes up there...

Your swans remind me of the Trumpeter Swans we have around here. They're pretty rare in the rest of MI (Spence can correct me if I'm wrong) but I see them all the time around here...along with wood and Blanding's turtles, which are both listed as Special Concern here in MI but I do see plenty around here.

Anyways, fabulous photos Jason, thanks for continuing to share your adventures in the Far North with us!

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 920

Crepuscular on Sep 12, 2013September 12th, 2013, 3:36 am EDT

Wonderful! In CO, too, it was the ground cover that lit up in autumn. Just reveled in it.

Paul I couldn't agree more! when the lowbush blueberry changes color here in the fall it's beautiful.

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Sep 12, 2013September 12th, 2013, 8:12 am EDT

On another note, do you ever do any bird hunting up there?

Yes, I do. I went a couple days ago but didn't see any birds. I should post those pictures, too.

Curious... Do you know if the tree distribution in the second image is due to fire, water, or frost?

Water and permafrost, I think.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

PaulRoberts

Colorado

Posts: 1776

PaulRoberts on Sep 12, 2013September 12th, 2013, 4:14 pm EDT

Do post pictures of your bird hunting. Turns out there are a number of gallinaceous species here in the Philippines, and a bunch of pigeons and doves too. Doubt I'll get to hunt them though, in part bc I know nothing about their numbers. There are no game, or fish, laws here. Dynamite is OK, except on coral reefs.