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Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana
Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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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Czoom on Dec 16, 2011December 16th, 2011, 11:08 am EST
Any other good fly fishing spots in Southern California??? I only fished kern river. Heard about lots of creeks but don't know which ones are worth a try. Wondering if anyone could help me???
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Cutbow on Dec 20, 2011December 20th, 2011, 5:39 am EST
Owen's river, Hot creek, and look at every forest service map of SoCal you can and pick some high country lakes to hit. Every forests down there has some that are pretty good trout fishing. I would'nt rule out the coastal mountains or either slope of the sierras.
"Once you catch your first fish on a fly you won't care about any other kind of fishing!"

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