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.

A small, old rock wing dam has created an excellent riffle and pool in this classic trout stream.

Stream photos

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Case view of a Limnephilus (Limnephilidae) (Summer Flier Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This seems to be a young larva of Limnephilus. Although not clear in the picture, several ventral abdominal segments have chloride epithelia.

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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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2012 Christmas Come Early

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Report at a Glance

General Region	The Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Specific Location	the yoop
Dates Fished	12-7-2012
Time of Day	Morning to afternoon
Fish Caught	Browns & Steelhead
Conditions & Hatches	Cold and windy. Water temp 37 degrees.

Details and Discussion

Pryal74

Escanaba, MI

Posts: 168

Pryal74 on Dec 7, 2012December 7th, 2012, 1:04 pm EST

I fly fished today with a great fly angler John D. We went after lake-run browns and Steelhead. We landed ten total fish. 2 Steelhead and 8 lake-run Brown Trout. All caught on egg and stonefly nymph patterns.

Overall, it was an incredible day!

-James Pryal
Into The Wild Fly Fishing

Lastchance
Portage, PA

Posts: 437

Lastchance on Dec 8, 2012December 8th, 2012, 3:50 am EST

Man, great fish. I'd love to visit you in the Yoop. I have friends that live in Romeo, MI, and even they're still 8 to 11 hours away from Escanaba.
Bruce