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.

Firehole River Sunset

From the Firehole River in Wyoming

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Dorsal view of a Holocentropus (Polycentropodidae) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their larvae.

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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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Last days of October......

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Oct 30, 2007October 30th, 2007, 12:32 pm EDT

My fishing season is coming to an end.....
The photos were greater than 1024kb.
I resized them...... I hope they fit now!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/deb2e416.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/532a7627.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/12774d8f.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/83900853.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/6a5c3001.jpg

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

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

CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

Posts: 653

CaseyP on Oct 31, 2007October 31st, 2007, 2:54 pm EDT

oh, yes, indeed! pretty water and lovely photographs--thank you for posting them.

"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 1:41 am EDT

Casey/others,
Evidently the photo size is still too big because the photos did not appear in the post.
In this case you must 'copy & paste' the link in the 'title box' at the top of your screen and click on those arrows or GO....... not sure everyone is aware of that.
Take your camera along with you.
Best wishes....

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

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

IEatimago
Spring Mills, PA

Posts: 97

IEatimago on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 1:57 am EDT

IEatimago
Spring Mills, PA

Posts: 97

IEatimago on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 1:59 am EDT

you cant for get the image code,
.....[.img]link to photo here[./img]like this exept with out the periods.

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 3:57 am EDT

In the initial post there is a feature called 'Save and add Pictures' where you can add up to 10 photos. That was the method I was trying to use. It worked OK for the 'Lehigh River' post , but it didn't work in this post...... ???
I then went to my 'Photobucket' and added the photos by using the ' Direct Link mode', which just gives the link not the image........ see below
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/f3c6dc17.jpg

If you use the 'Img Code', you get this.........

Most of this is new to me, so I wasn't quite sure what the end result would be ..........

Anyway thanks for inserting the pictures......
# EDIT.....

John

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

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

IEatimago
Spring Mills, PA

Posts: 97

IEatimago on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 6:48 am EDT

make the IMG lower case and you will no troubles.

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 7:10 am EDT

I did an 'EDIT' to the above post and the photo was inserted as you stated.
If that is the case then Photobucket needs to correct their code because they use