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

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Pteronarcys californica

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

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Dorsal view of a Limnephilidae (Giant Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen resembled several others of around the same size and perhaps the same species, which were pretty common in my February sample from the upper Yakima. Unfortunately, I misplaced the specimen before I could get it under a microscope for a definitive ID.

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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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Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Aug 17, 2013August 17th, 2013, 6:16 pm EDT

Thanks, Eric! Sorry for the late reply - been fishin'...:)

"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Aug 18, 2013August 18th, 2013, 10:00 am EDT

"... been fishin'...:)"

AND??? Results? Posting seems to have slowed down on this site as of late, wondering if everyone else is busy fishing too...I myself am trying to catch up after working two jobs most of the summer...and my main time is still evening into sunset, that's when I am seeing the most flies and as Kurt has informed me in another thread my beloved Light Cahills are still showing up at dusk!

Concerning Tricos, I have never run into them, though I have been informed that they are a morning hatch, a time of day I am rarely on a trout stream just because so much of the hatch activity around here is in the evening (though I will throw hoppers in the afternoon!). I may not also have fished waters that contain them. Are they found everywhere or have more exacting habitat requirements with regards to river size (I fish small streams) or etc.?

Jonathon

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

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Aug 18, 2013August 18th, 2013, 6:08 pm EDT

They are found in both large and small streams, but not all streams have them. Ask at local fly shops for the nearest location?

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

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TNEAL on Aug 19, 2013August 19th, 2013, 6:46 am EDT

My best trico fishing (browns 12"-18") came on a feeder stream to Michigan's AuSable. The average width was (maybe) 20'. Very heavy spinner falls with lots of nice fish feeding.