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.

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Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.

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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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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Mar 15, 2010March 15th, 2010, 7:12 pm EDT

"Most recent instantaneous value: 2,250 03-16-2010 02:15 EDT"

Was up to around 8500 cfs a few days ago WOW!

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

Posts: 653

CaseyP on Mar 16, 2010March 16th, 2010, 1:13 am EDT

aren't stream gauges nifty? last year in the first week of May, a cloudburst raised the river overnight from around 500 cfs to nearly 1500. forewarned, we fished elsewhere!

"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

Lastchance
Portage, PA

Posts: 437

Lastchance on Mar 17, 2010March 17th, 2010, 11:09 am EDT

Hi! I don't think we'll be fishing the Little J for awhile.I bet it will take a week to get to a fishable level.
Bruce

Troutboomer
Tyrone, Pa.

Posts: 5

Troutboomer on Mar 18, 2010March 18th, 2010, 12:10 am EDT

The "j" will be down to 1,000 CFS by Saturday noon, March 20th. There are only a few large pools that can be fished at this level even though the water clarity is already fair to good. I have seen flies (sulfers) hatch at over 900 CFS and fish feed on them, but this is unusual. Right now I am only seeing a few black stone flies and a few olives. Water temps are also still quite low. It was 38.3 degrees yesterday morning at 8am and rose to 45.9 degrees by 5 pm. I start looking for grannom caddis when temps reach 50 degrees by their mid-morning emergence time. This usually happens between the 12th and 16th of April although in 2005 I witnessed the first fishable grannoms on April 10th, the earliest date since I started keeping records in 1980. When the Redbuds bloom so do the grannoms!

Bill Anderson

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Mar 18, 2010March 18th, 2010, 9:11 pm EDT

Moved post to "Fishing Reports".

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.