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

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Pteronarcys californica

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

The North Fork Couer d'Alene River in Idaho

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Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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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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some fish taken on a modern streamer

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Report at a Glance

General Region	Some where in the northern lp
Dates Fished	10/06
Time of Day	All day
Fish Caught	a few browns
Conditions & Hatches	There were some very small olives, but the wind was blowing pretty good and Im not going that small right now.

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Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Oct 8, 2020October 8th, 2020, 7:32 am EDT

Fished a northern Michigan stream tuesday, conditions are very demanding, low, clear water, and sunshine added up to tough fishing. I managed a couple of nice browns given the conditions, I only take quick photos in the net, I really dont care about how big they are unless I get into something in the mid 20's. I was fishing a sparkle minnow pattern from the folks at flyfishfood. I might also add there were alot of people on the river and on the hiking trail that paralells the river. Thats good that folks enjoy the fall beauty.
Mike.

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Oct 8, 2020October 8th, 2020, 3:15 pm EDT

Nice work! Thanks for posting.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Oct 13, 2020October 13th, 2020, 1:56 am EDT

Nice work Mike!!! Here and on that beautiful brookie in your other story. Good for you for getting out! On nice October days the fishing can be amazing - they know winter is coming and they are putting on the feed bag right now! Really pretty brownies you caught there. Geez, I can't wait to see what you catch next! Thanks for sharing.

Jonathon

P.S. Stories with pics coming from a fishing trip and a work trip, just gotta put them together.

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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