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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Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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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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Amawalk river Brown

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Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Apr 16, 2008April 16th, 2008, 4:51 am EDT

first time on this water...I believe this is a wild trout... pretty respectable for (distant)suburb of NYC... supposedly gets crowded but not on a Monday!! blue quills were all over the place. lost my job couple months ago, which is never a good thing... but silver lining is more stream time!

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Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

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Quillgordon on Apr 16, 2008April 16th, 2008, 8:07 am EDT

Nice Brown......
Nice Photo.......
What was the trout taken on ?
Thanks for sharing.............

Quillgordon.... out of hibernation!

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

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

Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Apr 17, 2008April 17th, 2008, 2:11 am EDT

caught all of them on size 18 hares ear nymph. interestingly, all the fish took non-bead head versions. did not get a strike on bead heads... Gonzo would be pleased.

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Smallstream
State College, PA

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Smallstream on Apr 17, 2008April 17th, 2008, 2:21 pm EDT

sweet fish, almost bigger than the net!

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

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Quillgordon on Apr 18, 2008April 18th, 2008, 12:40 am EDT

Mcjames.....
GRHE...... one of my favorite patterns.
It's not a 'caddis' though !
I would have though you would need some weight to fish the pool though.
Gonzo's advice........ I would look to a 'higher authority'.
LOL.........

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

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

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