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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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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Not Trout, Salmon, or Grayling

Report at a Glance

General Region	Ozark Foothills (Missouri)
Specific Location	small warm-water pond
Dates Fished	4/6/11
Time of Day	evening (right before dark)
Fish Caught	bass and bluegill
Conditions & Hatches	air temp 75, water temp upper 50s, fish going crazy on the surface for a mixed hatch of warm-water stuff

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Motrout

Posts: 319

Motrout on Apr 7, 2011April 7th, 2011, 9:37 am EDT

Ok, this report technically doesn't belong on here, because it is not about trout fishing, but it does involve fly fishing, specifically dry fly fishing so I thought it would be alright. Yesterday, the moment came that I had been waiting for for a long time-when the bass and bluegill on the pond across the road started going crazy on topwater stuff. Earlier on in March before we got another cold spell at the end of the month, I had taken a few bluegills on top, but it had been pretty slow all said. Last night, it was a take on about every other cast, and not only bluegill but some pretty decent bass too. Deer-hair panfish bugs were the key. It was about the most beautiful evening of fishing I have ever had, with the dogwoods in full bloom and all kinds of wildflowers lining the banks of the pond. A very nice evening to get out. I kept hooking up until it was almost completely dark, a sure sign as any that the season is on. What a difference from just one week ago when there was 3" of snow on the ground. Crazy weather indeed.

I am headed down to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (the Current River's Blue Ribbon stretch specifically) this weekend for a three day camp-trip, and when I get back I will have a real trout fishing report. But for now I hope you didn't mind me straying a bit into the warm-water category.

"I don't know what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know."-John Gierach
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Apr 7, 2011April 7th, 2011, 4:05 pm EDT

Hey MO, if the rest of them don't like it, we will just have to start our own website and call it bassnbluegillnut.com...

Jonathon

P.S. My own warmwater "opener" is about two weeks away - I CAN'T WAIT!!!

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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