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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.

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.
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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Oldredbarn
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Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Mar 18, 2013March 18th, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyu6x792rT4

Our own Mark "Softhackle" Libertone is now international! Hans Weilenmann has a tying demo of Mark's Lil' Dorothy on his site and mentions him as the originator! By name...

Wow! Way to go Libertone! Will you still speak with us mere plebs here on Troutnut? :)

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Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Mar 19, 2013March 19th, 2013, 7:10 am EDT
Neat! Thanks for posting it.
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Crepuscular on Mar 19, 2013March 19th, 2013, 9:35 am EDT
I love it. Cool post, great fly.
Sayfu
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Sayfu on Mar 20, 2013March 20th, 2013, 6:15 am EDT
Mark would just cringe at my bastardized soft hackle that I have been tying lately, and dying to try out. I use my dependable bead at the head, and then place in some micro rubber legs behind the bead the flex floss type that become the caddis pupa horns that hang back, after I dub the body then the soft hackle of a sage grouse that has some beautiful prominent barred hackle.
Fortunately for we fly anglers there are folks like Mark that retain the tradition. Good for Mark, and I always take the time to enjoy Hans Weilenmann.

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