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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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Ventral view of a Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.

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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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Updates from May 8, 2005

Updates from May 8, 2005

Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Jocko River, Yellow Bay Creek , Teepee Creek, and Flathead Lake in Montana

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Male Skwala (Large Springfly) Stonefly Adult

Male Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Adult from the Jocko River in Montana

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Perlomyia utahensis (Little Black Needlefly) Stonefly Adult

Perlomyia utahensis (Leuctridae) (Little Black Needlefly) Stonefly Adult from Yellow Bay Creek in Montana

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Kathroperla perdita (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

Kathroperla perdita (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult from Teepee Creek in Montana

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Paraperla wilsoni (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

Paraperla wilsoni (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult from Flathead Lake in Montana

This is another stonefly that lives its nymphal life in the hyporheic zone, flood plain gravels. In this case, the gravels of a small stream, Roy's Creek, that flows into Flathead Lake at the Univ. of Montana Biological Station.

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