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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.

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.
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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16" cut
Sundula
Littleton, Colorado

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Sundula on Jul 3, 2007July 3rd, 2007, 7:32 pm EDT
Sight fishing is the key! Waiting for patroling fish. Didn't land many only 4 but the two in the pictures are 16". All released healthy and happy. Great stuff, the temps in Denver were in the high 90's the water has been too high for my taste. So what is a guy to do? Ah yes head to the high country. Sunny and 70 with clouds blowing in around 2pm typical stuff. Perfect.


BxRxTxK
western NC

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BxRxTxK on Jul 4, 2007July 4th, 2007, 2:32 am EDT
beautiful country and fish...
nice work...
Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 4:52 am EDT
fish are stunning.. thanks for sharing
I am haunted by waters
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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Jul 18, 2007July 18th, 2007, 11:19 am EDT
Beautiful country!
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Smallstream
State College, PA

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Smallstream on Jul 29, 2007July 29th, 2007, 7:33 am EDT
thats awesome, if only I could make it out west

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