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Updates from September 8, 2006

Photos by Troutnut from the Neversink River, the East Branch of Trout Brook, Mystery Creek #89, and the Beaverkill River in New York

Do you ever have so much fun trying to fool a fish that you're almost disappointed when you actually do? I got that feeling after who knows how many casts over this hungry little brown with a Trico imitation. From the Neversink River in New York.

This pretty little mountain valley pond held several browns and brookies, not huge but outsized for their small stream, and the water was so clear I could sight-fish for them across half the pond. There was also a school of bullheads swimming laps. From the East Branch of Trout Brook in New York.

Of all the pools I've fished, this one was most deserving of the colorful little brook trout it held. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

From the East Branch of Trout Brook in New York.

This little pool shelters some eager small-stream brook trout. You can see this pool from underwater, too. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

This old artificial dam (possibly the former site of a bridge) creates a nice little trout pond upstream. From the East Branch of Trout Brook in New York.

Oops.

I let my little light cahill spinner dangle in the air a bit too long while looking for rises. There were at least 30 bats flying around the pool, and this one hooked itself on my fly. I just let it fly around my rod tip and, while trying to figure out what to do, I took some pictures. (When in doubt...) Eventually it managed to unhook itself and fly away. From the Beaverkill River in New York.

I caught several wild and colorful 8-9 inch brook trout in the clear little pool below this waterfall. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

For how many years, I wonder, have these huge slabs of rock sheltered wild brook trout? From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

Twinkling Tricos in the air. From the Neversink River in New York.

No method of casting in my arsenal was capable of presenting a fly to the brook trout in this hidden pool. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

Underwater photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #89 and the East Branch of Trout Brook in New York

Here's another view of the pool under the waterfall shown in this picture. This time one of the pool's many brook trout is visible, but well-camouflaged. Can you find it? From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

This little pool shelters some eager small-stream brook trout, though I caught or frightened them before I took the picture. You can see this pool from above the water, too. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

The rock wall across the picture is at least 15 feet away -- this is extremely clear water in a tiny Catskill stream. This plunge pool to a large waterfall holds many brook trout in the 8-9 inch range but they hide too well to spot in this photo. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York.

I tried to photograph this salamander but it kept scurrying away from the camera. The rocks in this little backwater are covered with a thin layer of very easily disturbed silt, so anywhere I followed it I didn't have much time to photograph before the water was too turbid for a good shot. This is the best I got. In this picture: Amphibian Order Caudata (Salamanders). From the East Branch of Trout Brook in New York.

Closeup insects by Troutnut from the East Branch of the Delaware River and the Neversink River in New York

Male Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns) Mayfly Spinner
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Female Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Spinner
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Female Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Spinner
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Female Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Spinner
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Updates from September 7, 2006

Photos by Troutnut from the West Branch of the Neversink River, East Kill, Esopus Creek, and Schoharie Creek in New York

It's a real shame that this beautiful piece of Catskill water is off-limits to the public. It was tempting to cast from the road itself. From the West Branch of the Neversink River in New York.

There's a really deep pool below this bridge on a relatively small Catskill stream. From East Kill in New York.

From the West Branch of the Neversink River in New York.

This small stream splits around a large island. From East Kill in New York.

There's a really deep pool below this bridge (with seemingly posted property around it) and I saw some fish swimming around, probably some of them trout around 10-12 inches. From Schoharie Creek in New York.

On-stream insect photos by Troutnut from Schoharie Creek in New York

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StateNew York

LocationSchoharie Creek

Date TakenSep 7, 2006

Date AddedOct 4, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

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This is just about the most Isonychia bicolor shucks (

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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.

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.) I've ever seen on the rocks, and appropriately enough they're on the river where Art Flick described them in his Streamside Guide.

StateNew York

LocationSchoharie Creek

Date TakenSep 7, 2006

Date AddedOct 4, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

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Updates from September 6, 2006

Photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #23 and the Neversink River in New York

From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York.

This beautiful brookie comes from a very remote, crystal-clear small stream in the Catskills. From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York.

The clear little stream I was fishing is fed by a tiny tributary running across a beautiful bed of nothing but moss. From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York.

Underwater photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #23 in New York

Underwater moss and riffle bubbles. From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York.

In this picture: Amphibian Order Caudata (Salamanders). From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York.

I got a nice picture of the pool these salamander larvae inhabit a few weeks later. In this picture: Amphibian Order Caudata (Salamanders). From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York.

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #23 in New York

Male Epeorus frisoni Mayfly Dun
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Female Epeorus frisoni Mayfly Spinner
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Female Epeorus frisoni Mayfly Dun
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Female Amphinemura (Tiny Winter Blacks) Stonefly Adult
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Male Epeorus frisoni Mayfly Dun
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Updates from September 5, 2006

Photos by Troutnut from the Neversink River and Fir Brook in New York

This beaver pond blocks a tributary in the headwaters if Willowemoc Creek in the Catskills. It supposedly holds brook trout, but I didn't find them in my hasty effort as light waned on this rainy September evening. From Fir Brook in New York.

This nice little brown fell for a Trico imitation on my -- oh, I don't know -- 10,000,000th cast? From the Neversink River in New York.

Underwater photos by Troutnut from the Neversink River in New York

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Despite the late date in the season, several caddisfly larvae remain on the rocks in this river.

In this picture: Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies).

StateNew York

LocationNeversink River

Date TakenSep 5, 2006

Date AddedOct 3, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

Closeup insects by Troutnut from the Neversink River in New York

Formicidae (Ants) Ant Adult
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Formicidae (Ants) Ant Adult
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Female Maccaffertium (March Browns and Cahills) Mayfly Dun
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Female Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns) Mayfly Dun
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Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult
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Female Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Spinner
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Updates from September 4, 2006

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Willowemoc Creek in New York

Female Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected September 4, 2006 from Willowemoc Creek in New York
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Female Attenella margarita (Little Western Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun

View 6 PicturesI found this dun unusually late in the year for anything in the Ephemerellidae family in the East. It's also small for that family.

Collected September 4, 2006 from Willowemoc Creek in New York
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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.

Larvae: Many classes of aquatic insects, such as caddisflies, midges, craneflies, dobsonflies, alderflies, and many more, are known as "larvae" rather than "nymphs" in their juvenile stages. They have mostly soft bodies rather than hard exoskeletons. These insects also advance through a "pupa" stage before reaching adulthood.

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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.

Shucks: 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.