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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Skwala (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph Skwala (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Wbranch has attached these 2 pictures. The message is below.

Saw this fish rising in a tailout as we drifted downstream, dropped anchor in pretty swift, but shallow, water. Waded into position andon the second cast this 16" brown ate the fly.

Nice brown on #14 Rusty spinner. I saw fish rising while I was in the rower's seat of my Hyde but was too lazy to cast and to be frank just didn't think it was a goood fish. I pointed it out to my buddy and the fish ate on the second, or third cast, and it was a beauty. So much for what I know about rise forms!

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Mar 24, 2008March 24th, 2008, 1:49 pm EDT

I wanted to see if I can upload directly.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Mar 24, 2008March 24th, 2008, 2:20 pm EDT

See if this works

Heres goes?

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,

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Mar 24, 2008March 24th, 2008, 2:21 pm EDT

How about that.

John

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