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Underwater photos by Bnewell from the Touchet River in Washington

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This is a tailed frog, genus Ascaphus that lives in cold fast streams of the west. Perhaps this critter is one reason that leech flies work in some trout streams.

StateWashington

LocationTouchet River

Date TakenAug 9, 2011

Date AddedAug 9, 2011

AuthorBnewell

CameraNIKON D300

Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Touchet River in Washington

Calineuria californica (Golden Stone) Stonefly Nymph

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Collected August 9, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on August 9, 2011

Drunella coloradensis (Small Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected August 9, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on August 9, 2011

Drunella coloradensis (Small Western Green Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected August 9, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on August 9, 2011

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Entoman	August 10th, 2011, 9:11 pm
Northern CA & ID Posts: 2604	In water where Drunella can be found, everything gets out of the way of the perlids.:) Kurt
	"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

Troutnut	August 10th, 2011, 6:56 pm
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	Those are nice ones! I think Drunella doddsii could beat them up in a heavyweight boxing match, although they do look more nimble.
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Oldredbarn	August 10th, 2011, 1:42 pm
Novi, MI Posts: 2608	Bob, Nice pics! I love those Drunella! They look like they could knock around just about any other aquatic insect...Like they have been "bulking up" in the weight room. 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

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