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.

Middle Fork Snoqualmie

From the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River in Washington

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Clostoeca disjuncta (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva Clostoeca disjuncta (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.

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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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LenH
driftless area

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LenH on Mar 4, 2008March 4th, 2008, 1:34 am EST

my first outing here of the year.

Wish me luck.

Al514

Central New York

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Al514 on Mar 5, 2008March 5th, 2008, 7:50 am EST

How did you do?

LenH
driftless area

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LenH on Mar 6, 2008March 6th, 2008, 2:06 am EST

shell ice...

fished somewhere else for 2 hours...2 small browns...

went back...still shell ice.

water temps in 4 streams I took. 33/34/34/36...

Len

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