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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.

Case view of a Pycnopsyche guttifera (Limnephilidae) (Great Autumn Brown Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
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.
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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Coroi
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Coroi on Jan 12, 2017January 12th, 2017, 7:12 am EST
In my free time I like to develop Android apps, and lately I've been developing an Fishing checklist application for Android devices.


The idea of the app is to have all the items that you want to take with you on your fishing trips in one place, and mark them as checked as you pack them, so you don't forget anything.


The application has a default list of items that I considered useful, but you can also add your own.


I would like to further develop this app to make it more useful, so I would appreciate any feedback from you guys. What extra features would you like to see in such an app? What other items would you add to the checklist? Thanks in advance!


Here is the Google play link for the application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmproductions.fishingchecklist
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Taxon on Jan 12, 2017January 12th, 2017, 3:20 pm EST
Hi Coroi-

Have downloaded the app to my smartphone, and successfully set up a test checklist. I really like the app's simplicity and ease of use.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
Coroi
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Coroi on Jan 12, 2017January 12th, 2017, 4:35 pm EST
Hi Coroi-

Have downloaded the app to my smartphone, and successfully set up a test checklist. I really like the app's simplicity and ease of use.


I'm very glad to hear that! :D

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