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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 Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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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Oldredbarn on Jun 21, 2016June 21st, 2016, 1:52 pm EDT
A must see in an anglers lifetime!

I visited this place twice and it is awesome...There is so much history here that most of us have somewhere in our memories...This is like coming home or looking at old family photos...

I will post at a later date my visit to the Lee Wulff Room...That one will be for Jonathon. :)

Spence
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Martinlf on Jun 22, 2016June 22nd, 2016, 9:45 am EDT
Looks like a great trip, Spence. I know you love the history (almost?) as much as the fishing. Thanks for sharing.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Jmd123 on Jun 22, 2016June 22nd, 2016, 3:12 pm EDT
Very nice photos, Spence, all three posts. Looks like a wonderful trip. By the way, did you catch anything??? Where's the fishie pics??

Also BTW the last photo above is perhaps my favorite... ;oD

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
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Oldredbarn on Jun 24, 2016June 24th, 2016, 6:22 am EDT
Very nice photos, Spence, all three posts. Looks like a wonderful trip. By the way, did you catch anything??? Where's the fishie pics??


Jonathon,

See my response to Matt in one of the other related posts to pretty much the same question.

The pics in this one were of a visit to the Catskill Fly Fishing Museum. This took place a couple days before everyone else made it out and before we had started fishing.

I drove out early and took my time getting there and beat the others out. I birded my way across with stops at Presque Isle near Erie PA and the Erie Wildlife Refuge near Meadville PA...

I then drove right through the Allegheny mountains and visited Wellesville NY for the Mark Libertone part of the trip...

I still beat the others out and visited the museum, a birding spot called Bashakill, and explored the area...Most of these pics were taken, including the ones of the rivers, before the other got there and I hadn't fished.

I had many shots at feeding fish, but just didn't get it done...Next time!

Spence

"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Jmd123 on Jun 24, 2016June 24th, 2016, 9:39 am EDT
OK, Spence, if no fishies, give us a list of the birdies you saw!

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

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