03-30-2006, 04:20 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Yeah, you always have to wonder if the conditions have been permanently degraded, to the point that the reintroductions are doomed. In some cases it may be a case of temporary die off, due to agricultural or industrial spills, flooding, etc.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the "olden days", there used to be a great population of pteronarchys californica in the lower Provo River, even through town. In the spring the channel cats would run up the river to spawn and would chow down on those big nymphs. I actually got in some great nymphing on channel cats in some of the lower riffles and holes, only a short distance up from the lake. Stuck a few big browns mixed in with them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The increasing population and "additions" to the river have eliminated them, probably forever.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the "olden days", there used to be a great population of pteronarchys californica in the lower Provo River, even through town. In the spring the channel cats would run up the river to spawn and would chow down on those big nymphs. I actually got in some great nymphing on channel cats in some of the lower riffles and holes, only a short distance up from the lake. Stuck a few big browns mixed in with them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The increasing population and "additions" to the river have eliminated them, probably forever.[/#0000ff]
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