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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.

Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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 Jul 17, 2013July 17th, 2013, 8:29 pm EDT
You are the real deal Tony! Next time you tell me to try that 10x tippet of yours and tie on a size 26 midge and get my ass in the river...I'll be listening sir!

I'd hassle you about that Vinnie Barbarino hair style in that second picture, but I'm afraid someone would dredge up an old hippie pic of me, or one from, heaven forbid, the 70's! :)

Great pics!

Spence
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Gutcutter on Jul 25, 2013July 25th, 2013, 5:01 pm EDT
Crepuscular wrote:
Do muskies eat spinners? ;)


Huh?
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Martinlf on Jul 28, 2013July 28th, 2013, 6:33 am EDT
Tony, sounds like a challenge.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
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Crepuscular on Jul 30, 2013July 30th, 2013, 6:17 am EDT
Why not? Giant channel cats eat them and they are about as predatory as they come. I've seen 30 lb striped bass in the middle of the ocean slurping down larval crabs that were about 1/4" big. Doing exactly what that guy in that link describes. If the protein is there and it requires little effort to consume it, seems like an easy meal to me.

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