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SK60


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FYI, the Sacramento Bee metro section has an article on Mud Snails in the American River this morning

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not going to put money on it, but i bet its from people fishing putah then hittin up the american. i do fish putah and the american, but i have different wading shoes, and i take care of my waders before i go as well. but since putah is so close and fished by all, bet they got transfered from putah to the american.

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That's most likely the case, but they could have also come from the Calaveras or the Mokelumne.

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Lately i have been really trying to pay attention to the insect life in putah, Diggin around in the rocks and stuff, I guess its part of the evolution a fly fisherman goes thourgh. But anyways I have noticed that the mud snails are getting really bad ! There are pools were they have basically takin over, There are literally millions of them in a small area, There hangin all over the limbs of underwater plants. I am not sure if this has anything to do with it but I haven't been seeing very many cased caddis. But I did find some rather large rockworms last weekend on a log.  So whats gonna happen to putah in say 20 years from now ?

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ya those rock worms where pretty damn big. but atleast they dont like fast water. thats always a plus

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Rockworms don't like fast water OR mud snails don't like fast water???  I thought they both liked fast water. 

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Sobering...

What's the 911 on the "rockworm(s)" and how do they relate to the snails guys?

Ed

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Rock worms, aka caseless caddis, are fast water lovers; mud snails don't have a strong preference

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Rockworms thrive in the fast water.  Mud snails just plain thrive in water.  The water could be fast-moving, slow-moving, not moving.  Of course the faster water helps the snails disperse. 

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got it "rockworms" --good guys, fish food.

"NZMS" --bad guys, screwing it all up for the good guys!

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sorry ment to put that the snails dont like that fast water. my bad

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