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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Motrout on Jul 11, 2014July 11th, 2014, 7:58 am EDT

I'm gonna be in that part of the world in a couple of weeks (last couple days of July, first couple of August._ I'll be based out of Ridgway State park along the Uncompahgre tailwater (below Ridgway Dam). I'm also looking into heading over to the Black Canyon to fish the East Portal. This is going to be a little bit of a hit and run trip, so a full hike-in to the Black Canyon looks unlikely at this point.

I've only got three solid days to fish, so it's unfortunately going to have to be a "just hit the highlights" kind of deal. Anyone ever been to that area before?

I've fished a ton in NW Colorado, but that part of the state may as well be the dark side of the moon, and I'm excited as heck to see it. I've been told to expect a pretty good Pale Morning Dun hatch on the Unc, so I've got a bunch of those ready to go.

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