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.

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Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Epeorus albertae (Heptageniidae) (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph from the East Fork Issaquah Creek in Washington

This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.

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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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Adirman

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Adirman on Aug 7, 2020August 7th, 2020, 8:56 am EDT

Hey Guys,

Pulled out my copy of â€œTroutâ€ by Ray Bergman and started rereading this Tome Yet again; this will probably be the fifth time from cover to cover lol. This is , absolutely my favorite book of all time and, waxing nostalgic , I took a pic of the quote at the beginning to share . Hope you like

Partsman

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Partsman on Aug 7, 2020August 7th, 2020, 10:08 am EDT

Thanks Adirman, Im now looking for a copy of this. And yes I loved the quote, its this type of writing that brings some peace and quite in these loud and violent times. I recently purchased John Gierach's Dumb luck and the kindness of strangers, and I loved the book read it in one night. But it reminds of what life used to like, almost Andy Griffith like. I don't know, I wish we could just along, but I don't think its going to happen anytime soon, but there is always hope, and Im hoping!
Mike.