Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

Salmonflies
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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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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looking to spring

Bowmandjk
erie,penna

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Bowmandjk on Dec 26, 2008December 26th, 2008, 1:26 am EST

well this year i retired and thought id never tire of steelhead fishing but after fishing 3 and 4 days a week the weather has got to me. I am looking forward to those beautiful warm spring days,searching for native brookies. I fish for steelheads in my back yard and drive for brookies go figure. HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL

Softhackle

Wellsville, NY

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Softhackle on Dec 28, 2008December 28th, 2008, 6:24 am EST

Go where your heart leads you! Those rare and beautiful brook trout are worth the search!

Happy trout hunting!
Mark

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Aaron7_8

Helena Montana

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Aaron7_8 on Dec 28, 2008December 28th, 2008, 11:30 am EST

Be happy that your water is still fishable we had a week straight of temps all day at -5 F even the fastest waters are frozen here, although I haven't checked the two tailwaters that are close by. Hopefully we get a "Chinook" and the rivers open up again so I can get out and try my new rod. Tight lines to all.