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.

This is one of the many shallow, unnamed lakes in the Arctic coastal plain near the Dalton Highway.

From Dalton Highway in Alaska

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Artistic view of a Perlodidae (Springflies and Yellow Stones) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This one seems to lead to Couplet 35 of the Key to Genera of Perlodidae Nymphs and the genus Isoperla, but I'm skeptical that's correct based on the general look. I need to get it under the microscope to review several choices in the key, and it'll probably end up a different Perlodidae.

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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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New Salmon subspecies

GoofusBug
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GoofusBug on Jan 23, 2009January 23rd, 2009, 4:57 am EST

Lake Michigan anglers, particularly those in Chicago, are very excited about a new salmon subspecies. It is a variety first seen in Poland.

It is a cross between a Coho Salmon, a Walleye, and a Muskie.

It's called a Kowalski.

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jan 23, 2009January 23rd, 2009, 10:03 am EST

Does it stick its snout out of the water and yell, "Stella! Stella!"?

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Jan 24, 2009January 24th, 2009, 10:34 am EST

Didn't the old Packers Football team have a lineman whose name was Kowalski. Point it out to me and I'll catch it.

JaD

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.
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