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.

I spent more than an hour casting to several rising trout in this pool and caught only two. Its clear water and tricky currents harbor dozens of free-rising, usually very hard-to-catch fish.

From Enfield Creek in New York

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Dorsal view of a Sweltsa (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This species was fairly abundant in a February sample of the upper Yakima.

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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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Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Feb 4, 2010February 4th, 2010, 3:30 pm EST

I guess it depends how much of your fun comes from catching fish, and how much comes from exploring the river. I'm always wanting to fish my way around one more bend, then one more, and one more just to see what's down there before I go. Fishing as many different streams as I can is just an extension of that across the hills instead of around the bend.

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Ericd
Mpls, MN

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Ericd on Feb 5, 2010February 5th, 2010, 6:19 am EST

"Just one more bend..." There's a small Brook Trout stream that I just started to explore more. Each visit finds me further and further from my car. I made it beyond the other footprints and I'm convinced some of the fish haven't seen a human in years...or ever.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Feb 5, 2010February 5th, 2010, 7:26 am EST

Be careful Eric...They are watching us now from satelites and using GPS...Someone or everyone will track you and will be standing in your hole next time you visit if you are not careful!

I have a friend that fishes during the week and would tell me about all his secret spots...I would finally be able to get there on the weekend, "wage-slave" that I am, and everyone and their cousins would be there...Oh well!

Spence

"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood