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

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

This view of the pipeline, the Atigun River, and an impressive sunset/rise was one of my first views of the North Slope as I came through Atigun Pass in the middle of the night.

From the Atigun River in Alaska

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Part #4 of Spencer's Trip: Penn's Creek, Page 2

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This is the B&B Fly shop where we camped out, The Feathered Hook...Nice collection of cane rods and a guy that has a shop out back where he makes rods. Eric wanted to buy a used rod that was going for $1,100 and I almost bought another Hardy.

This man isn't having any fun! Can you tell?

Here I am trying out my new wading staff...I never felt stable the whole afternoon...but who cares...We had fish sucking in Henny's.

We caught so many fish in this range we lost count.

If you want to put a smile on Eric's face, go out and catch some trout Spence, damn it! I'll let him tell you about the magic rock...I promise you he won't tell you where it is.

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Apr 16, 2013April 16th, 2013, 4:01 am EDT

That photo could be in an ad campaign, Eric. Very nice.

Thanks Kurt. Yeah maybe if Sage didn't discontinue models every year :)

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Apr 16, 2013April 16th, 2013, 5:51 am EDT

Where you guys around and south of Gailton area ???

A couple hours south of there.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Apr 16, 2013April 16th, 2013, 6:45 am EDT

Funny? My GPS seems to be broken or I'd give you the coordinates. Sorry. ;)

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JOHNW

Chambersburg, PA

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JOHNW on Apr 16, 2013April 16th, 2013, 2:56 pm EDT

Spence,
I am very fond of the Feathered Hook. If you walk away from the breakfast table hungry it is your own fault, and the proprietor is, well let's just say they broke the mold and then for good measure spread the pieces hither and you just to be sure there would never be another one like Jonas.

The coffee with cream description is the major difficulty with Penns. It doesn't even take a significant storm to blow her out and then several days to recover. Although if you catch the lead edge of the rising/dirty water with meat flies..........................

"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Apr 22, 2013April 22nd, 2013, 5:08 pm EDT