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.

A small spring creek in Wisconsin. A little brook trout stream tumbles over boulders

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Watershed restoration

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Dec 16, 2013December 16th, 2013, 6:35 am EST

In my non fishing life, this is what I do. If you get a chance check this out and see what can be accomplished at a watershed level. It takes many interested and dedicated parties (and funding), but it works. http://vimeo.com/80934305

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Dec 16, 2013December 16th, 2013, 2:45 pm EST

Very nice video, Eric. Nice to see a green landscape with people on it that can afford to care.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Dec 16, 2013December 16th, 2013, 4:37 pm EST

Nice production! This is the kind of positive, practical, results oriented work we need to see. An advertisement for/from the environmentalist community. Don't beat folks over the head and point fingers. Shows them how the little things can add up to something big. It can be done!

Thanks sir! I'm forwarding this link on to some people here in Michigan. A model for how it's done.

Thanks! Eric. Nice stuff.

Spence

"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Dec 16, 2013December 16th, 2013, 5:54 pm EST

Very nice video, Eric. Nice to see a green landscape with people on it that can afford to care.

Thanks Paul. I hear what you're saying and yes we take a lot for granted here.

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Dec 17, 2013December 17th, 2013, 2:39 am EST

Nice production! This is the kind of positive, practical, results oriented work we need to see. An advertisement for/from the environmentalist community. Don't beat folks over the head and point fingers. Shows them how the little things can add up to something big. It can be done!

Thanks sir! I'm forwarding this link on to some people here in Michigan. A model for how it's done.

Thanks! Eric. Nice stuff.

Spence

Thanks Spence. The people at PSU did a really nice job with the video. I just do the bugs, coordinate some streambank restoration and manage some people for that particular project, but it really does illustrate what can be accomplished when there are enough parties that are willing to work together toward a common goal. We definitely benefit from being in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, some funding is there do actually do some work.