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.

This view of the pipeline, the Atigun River, and an impressive sunset/rise was one of my first views of the North Slope as I came through Atigun Pass in the middle of the night.

From the Atigun River in Alaska

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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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I thought you fellows might like this.

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Oct 26, 2007October 26th, 2007, 4:04 am EDT

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/opinion/21sun4.html?ex=1193630400&en=fa0d6ba44aaa47fe&ei=5070&emc=eta1

JaD

They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,

Shawnny3
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Shawnny3 on Oct 26, 2007October 26th, 2007, 4:26 am EDT

One of the best pieces on fishing I've read in a long time. Thanks for sharing, John. The imagery makes me long for January, if that's possible.

-Shawn

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Falsifly

Hayward, WI.

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Falsifly on Oct 26, 2007October 26th, 2007, 6:01 am EDT

The why is a pleasant escape from the often times mundane opinions of how.
Thanks John

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When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Martinlf

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Martinlf on Oct 27, 2007October 27th, 2007, 7:22 am EDT

Exceptionally well written, John. I enjoyed every word. --Louis

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

--Fred Chappell

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

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Quillgordon on Oct 27, 2007October 27th, 2007, 10:57 am EDT

Fly-fishing means eliminating all the variables — what fly you choose, what cast you make, how you approach — until you solve the single, irreducible event that is happening in front of you: the head of a trout taking a mayfly from the water’s surface.
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What more can one say!

Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g.

C/R........barbless

West

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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West on Oct 27, 2007October 27th, 2007, 3:00 pm EDT

Hey, that was awesome! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

West

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