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.

Neversink Gorge (Wolf Brook) in New York

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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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CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

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CaseyP on Jul 26, 2007July 26th, 2007, 7:34 am EDT

oh! obviously what i meant to say is that fly fishing in all its myriad parts has taken over my life. it's one of the better consuming interests ever devised: if sleep eludes me or i'm forced to wait without reading matter, i just go fishing or tie a fly or two. and even the "fish porn" (catalogues and magazines) doesn't need a plain brown wrapper.

why would one need/want a life outside fishing?

"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

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GONZO on Jul 26, 2007July 26th, 2007, 8:39 am EDT

Thanks, Casey, you are a gentleman and a scholar.