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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Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.

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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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2007

Report at a Glance

General Region	unique area/gorge
Specific Location	about 1-2 miles downstream from Katrina Falls Road parking lot
Dates Fished	7/4/2007
Time of Day	9:00 - 4:30
Fish Caught	~25 browns 3 brookies 1 rainbow between 2 of us
Conditions & Hatches	intermittent rain turned into steady downpour. No significant hatches. saw some tiny (size 20?) light gray mayflies, I dont know what species. tons of stonefly casings on rocks.

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Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 2:48 am EDT

first time ever on the Neversink... wow what a river. caught fish mainly on stonefly nymphs, pheasant tail, and hendrickson wet. we had to work pretty hard until about 1 pm when it was like somebody rang the dinner bell and we ended up catching half of them from just 2 pools. my partner caught most of them I got about 7 or 8. Will try to post some underwater pictures he took. the brook trout were large stocked fish I am pretty sure-- you can see the worn fins in one picture

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