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

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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 Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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A bit off topic: Introducing Taiga the puppy!

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Troutnut on May 13, 2009May 13th, 2009, 9:59 am EDT

Just started this post to show off the latest addition to the Troutnut family. We just couldn't call ourselves Alaskans without one of these:

And a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAINsaQ7D30

We took her home last Friday at age 6 weeks, so she's coming up on 7 now and well on her way to being house-trained, crate-trained, and quiet enough that we can sleep through the night. She's a mix of McKenzie River Husky and Greenland Husky, and possibly 1/8th Lab. Both her parents are just 2 years old but are already very calm, sweet dogs. We got a good one!

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GONZO on May 13, 2009May 13th, 2009, 12:30 pm EDT

Cool puppy pix, Jason! (And I like the name--very appropriate.)

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Shawnny3 on May 13, 2009May 13th, 2009, 1:46 pm EDT

Very cute. Is this the beginnings of a sled team? Would a native Alaskan say you're only 1/12 Alaskan so far?

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Troutnut on May 13, 2009May 13th, 2009, 4:11 pm EDT

It is definitely not the beginning of a sled team!

I seem to recall hearing that from one of my labmates two years ago when we both moved up. Now she has ten dogs. So you'd be right to be skeptical. However, I've seen how much work it is for her (it's an all-consuming hobby, even more than fly fishing) and I've got enough musher friends that I can get my fill of it without all the work. (It is fun!) Taiga may get to run with one of their teams a few times this winter.

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Patcrisci on May 14, 2009May 14th, 2009, 9:13 am EDT

is that a dead sockeye in the second pic from top? "Taiga Goes Fishing," eh?

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Troutnut on May 14, 2009May 14th, 2009, 9:21 am EDT

Nah, it's a chum salmon, aka "dog salmon."

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