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Updates from June 7, 2007
Closeup insects by Troutnut from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Updates from June 5, 2007
Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Jocko River in Montana
Drunella grandis (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph
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View 2 PicturesCollected June 5, 2007 from the Jocko River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 28, 2011
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 28, 2011
Updates from June 1, 2007
Photos by Troutnut from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
This fish almost got me into the coveted "20/20 club." It's a 20 inch brown caught on sulphur-flavored Galloup's Cripple tied on a size 18 3X-fine dry fly hook. It's also my biggest fish to date from the Catskills.
On-stream insect photos by Troutnut from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
I didn't manage to collect a nymph, but here's the hollow shuck (
Shuck: The shed exoskeleton left over when an insect molts into its next stage or instar. Most often it describes the last nymphal or pupal skin exited during emergence into a winged adult.) left over from an emerged dun, showing the basic pattern of the nymph.
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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.
Closeup insects by Troutnut from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Updates from May 29, 2007
Photos by Troutnut from Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
A few nice trout were rising in this deep pool during the tail end of a morning Drunella hatch, but I didn't manage to fool them.
StatePennsylvania
LocationBrodhead Creek
Date TakenMay 29, 2007
Date AddedJun 5, 2007
AuthorTroutnut
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
Early morning sunshine beats through the trees, heating the water up for a Drunella hatch.
StatePennsylvania
LocationBrodhead Creek
Date TakenMay 29, 2007
Date AddedJun 5, 2007
AuthorTroutnut
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
Underwater photos by Troutnut from Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
Late May finds many trout streams brimming with tiny minnow fry in large schools.
On-stream insect photos by Troutnut from Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
Closeup insects by Troutnut from Paradise Creek and Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
Updates from May 28, 2007
Photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #42 in Pennsylvania
Underwater photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #42 in Pennsylvania
On-stream insect photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #42 in Pennsylvania
Closeup insects by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #42 in Pennsylvania
Jargon Defined:
Dun: Mayflies have two adult stages. They first emerge from the water as duns (scientifically known as the subimago stage). They then molt into the spinner (imago) stage, in which they mate and die. Sometimes the word "dun" is confusingly used to refer to a brownish gray color in fly tying materials.
Nymph: The juvenile, underwater stages of mayflies, stoneflies, dragonflies, and damselflies and other aquatic insects whose juvenile stages are covered by hard exoskeletons. The word can also refer to the fishing flies which imitate these creatures, in which case it is used as a blanket term for flies imitating any underwater stage of an invertebrate (except for crayfish and leeches).
Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.
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