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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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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Wisconsin trout pics

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Freepow
menomonie, WI

Posts: 83

Freepow on May 12, 2008May 12th, 2008, 4:10 pm EDT

Here are a couple pics from the bountiful fishing of late here in Wisconsin...enjoy!

"I fish...because I suspect that men are going along this way for the last time, and I for one don't want to waste the trip..."

BGrnFlyfish
Wisconsin

Posts: 37

BGrnFlyfish on May 14, 2008May 14th, 2008, 9:12 am EDT

What weight rod do you use? Oh, and by the way that last trout looks really yellow to me! Neat looking and nice pictures.

Seth-Big Green River, WI

BGrnFlyfish
Wisconsin

Posts: 37

BGrnFlyfish on May 14, 2008May 14th, 2008, 9:14 am EDT

If you don't mind sharing I was wondering what fly you were using that had that bright red in it.

Seth-Big Green River, WI

Freepow
menomonie, WI

Posts: 83

Freepow on May 14, 2008May 14th, 2008, 11:28 am EDT

Orange woolly bugger and my rig is Gander Mountain Guide Series rod and reel...3/4 wt. They work nice but I'd like to upgrade sometime in the next couple years.

"I fish...because I suspect that men are going along this way for the last time, and I for one don't want to waste the trip..."

Smallstream
State College, PA

Posts: 103

Smallstream on May 15, 2008May 15th, 2008, 5:43 am EDT

those are some beautiful trout!