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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.

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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Flytyer on Aug 24, 2006August 24th, 2006, 4:19 am EDT
so i went to chapters and bought a book and i started and the only fishing spot ive been going to is a pool in the tailwaters of the bearspaw dam and i read in this book that has barley any trout just these tiny little minnows 3" long and some arctic grayling then i almost hooked a 24" brown just outside of the pool!!!
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Troutnut on Aug 24, 2006August 24th, 2006, 4:33 am EDT
Gotta love that! When there aren't very many trout in a stream full of minnows, a trout that gets big enough to eat them can grow really really fast. There's one near where my parents live in Wisconsin that's like that.
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