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Every time I go fishing now I take my camera with its underwater housing and when I'm done playing with the trout I roll up my sleeves and play with the bugs.

I've just added the pictures from my last several trips to my website... got some pretty neat ones.

Here's the list of new underwater photos: [ul] [li][url "http://www.troutnut.com/underwater/invertebrates/index4.php#Brule_4_13_04_1"]9 of invertebrates from the Brule[/url] [li][url "http://www.troutnut.com/underwater/invertebrates/index4.php#18mile_4_14_04_1"]5 of invertebrates from the Eighteenmile Creek[/url] [li][url "http://www.troutnut.com/underwater/invertebrates/index5.php"]12 of invertebrates from the Namekagon[/url] [li][url "http://www.troutnut.com/underwater/otherfish/index.php#namekagon_4_16_04_1"]1 cool picture of a sculpin[/url]
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I also got a neat picture of a [url "http://www.troutnut.com/otherpics/index.php#babysteelhead"]newborn steelhead fry[/url], and made one [url "http://www.troutnut.com/backgrounds/index.php#caddisplants"]new desktop background[/url].

Below are a couple of my favorites (shrunk to fit the forum):






My next goal is to get better pictures of clinging mayfly nymphs and stoneflies, and to try to get some of damselfly nymphs, dragonfly nymphs, and other somewhat less common critters that have so far eluded my underwater photography. It turns out that this is kind of tricky, because the nimble clinging mayfly nymphs and stoneflies tend to see or feel me coming and scurry to the undersides of their rocks before I'm close enough to get a picture. If you watch the rocks in front of you closely next time you're on the stream (particularly the light-colored ones, since it's easier to see the dark bugs) you may notice them scurrying for cover.
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Those are some nice pictures Jason. Thanks for sharing them with us. Where are these rivers at that you have mentioned??
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Jason..you get the most awesome underwater pictures of trout waters that I have ever seen! As a matter of fact..they are the only good ones that I can find online.



thanks!
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Great pictures! I remember finding groups like that in streams when I was a kid. We called them perryles. They worked better than worms. I can't for the life of me figure out why I don't look for them anymore, probably because I'm fishing with different things now. But those picture got me excited. I'm looking for them when I go out this weekend. Thanks, Al
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Hehe, perryles... that's a great name! If I ever discover a new species, that'll be top on my list of potential scientific names. Ephemerella perryle...
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THOSE ARE SOME NICE PICTURES. I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE CLEAR WATER. WE DON'T HAVE ANY AROUND HERE ALL OF THE LAKES ARE MAN MADE. HAVEN'T SEEN WATER LIKE THAT SINCE I LEFT CALIFORNIA.
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