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.

I caught a nice brookie a few weeks earlier in this pool at the junction of a split channel in the stream. The huge fallen tree is great cover.

From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York

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Ventral view of a Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.

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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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Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Sep 21, 2012September 21st, 2012, 2:27 pm EDT

Hey man, we still have nine more days in our regular trout season here in Michigan! Got three nice brookies last night including an 11-incher...and you're showing us SNOW??? (OK, the water was pretty cold...) We've also got our very first fall colors showing...salmon begining to run...ain't you got any of those??

I know, Jason, it's just an algorythem (sp?)...but you can YANK those snow pics from the loop until at least November, can't you???

;oD

Jonathon

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

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Sep 21, 2012September 21st, 2012, 3:56 pm EDT

Sorry, can't yank any pics. ;) I should add a bunch of new ones to the rotation sometime... I have some good ones! At least you're seeing September/October snow, not February pics yet.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist