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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Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes?

Falsifly

Hayward, WI.

Posts: 660

Falsifly on Oct 31, 2011October 31st, 2011, 12:09 pm EDT

As much as we fly fishers abhor mosquitoes could this experiment create a monster with unintended consequences, or is it a step in the right direction?

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes

Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Adirman

Monticello, NY

Posts: 479

Adirman on Oct 31, 2011October 31st, 2011, 1:25 pm EDT

Probably shouldn't mess w/ Mother Nature IMHO. Sure, its nice to not get bit up by swarms of 'em but if the population is severely impacted, no tellin its effect on other levels of the food chain.

Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Nov 6, 2011November 6th, 2011, 5:45 am EST

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

- John Muir

"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

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