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Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana
Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

Dorsal view of a Pycnopsyche guttifera (Limnephilidae) (Great Autumn Brown Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.
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Updates from June 28, 2007

Updates from June 28, 2007

Photos by Troutnut from the Chatanika River in Alaska

The Chatanika River in Alaska
Here's the first of many new pictures of Alaska that I'll be putting online as soon as I get the chance. It's a panorama of my dad standing and looking across the valley of the river where we both caught our first arctic grayling an hour or so later.

You've got to see it full-size to appreciate it.

From the Chatanika River in Alaska
My dad went to great lengths to place a good cast above this high spruce sweeper into a little back slough where he saw a grayling rise.  The cast was good, he assures me, but the grayling did not take.

From the Chatanika River in Alaska
Here's a little bigger arctic grayling from my first day fishing for them.
My dad's first arctic grayling.

From the Chatanika River in Alaska
The Chatanika River in Alaska
The Chatanika River in Alaska
Another entry into my "dad dropping a fish" series.  Here he's dropping his first arctic grayling back in the drink.  It was still on the hook, so we got a better picture shortly.

From the Chatanika River in Alaska
Here's my first arctic grayling, about 8 inches long.  I was just thrilled to have caught my first grayling; I had no idea I would go on to catch 25 more (mostly larger), and that the next day would make this one look slow!

From the Chatanika River in Alaska
My dad walks back to the car after a few hours catching grayling.

From the Chatanika River in Alaska

Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Jocko River and Dog Lake in Montana

Female Drunella grandis (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Jocko River in Montana
Leptophlebia cupida (Leptophlebiidae) (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph from Dog Lake in Montana

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