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.

Lone tree on a rock in the middle of Big Lake. Fittingly, Big Lake is the largest of several short wide spots in the upper Brule River.

From the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin

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Ventral view of a Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.

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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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Steelhead on the fly!!

SetTheHook
west coast

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SetTheHook on Sep 30, 2008September 30th, 2008, 4:31 am EDT

Has anyone been lucky enough to get some of those early chromers?? A few of my buddies have done well in the Skeena area

tight lines!! lets see the pics!

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HighFlyer
Minnesota

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HighFlyer on Oct 1, 2008October 1st, 2008, 6:50 am EDT

I caught a lil baby up on the Baptism River in Northern MN last weekend, but the weather wasn't cooperating with us. A torrential down pour on Friday night put a ton of run-off into the streams Saturday. That combined with my lack of experience and any semblance of any actual skill left me high and dry. Cold, rainy, and fishless.... definitely not a weekend to remember.

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