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

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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 Holocentropus (Polycentropodidae) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their larvae.

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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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River Wharf below Loup Scar, above Burnsall. caught a couple of browns, one surely wild. spent the day Czech Nymphing as the water was a good foot above normal, deep, fast, and peaty. peaty means a wonderful reddish gold color that made every fish look like a salmon.

Fish of the Season, according to my guide. his or mine? forgot to ask. British browns are a gorgeous golden brown, no two spot patterns anything alike. for future recognition, no doubt.

Fast, deep, and dark--and loaded with fish!

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CaseyP on Jul 17, 2007July 17th, 2007, 8:33 am EDT

had a fantastic day and hope to share it with you.

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

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Shawnny3 on Jul 17, 2007July 17th, 2007, 11:03 am EDT

Amazing fish! Congratulations.

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Softhackle on Jul 17, 2007July 17th, 2007, 12:07 pm EDT

Yeh, Casey, What a wonderful fish. Hope you are having a great time. Keep us posted.

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GONZO on Jul 17, 2007July 17th, 2007, 12:20 pm EDT

Way cool, Casey, way cool! You didn't say what tempted that Brit beauty. (Now's no time to start keeping secrets!)

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CaseyP on Jul 17, 2007July 17th, 2007, 11:49 pm EDT

there were three heavy nymphs on the leader: one bright pink Czech, one copper, and one tungston hare's ear. all day long the fish alternated amongst the three, but the pink and the copper got the most. the other fish pictures are characterized chiefly by the escape of the subject as the shutter snapped, but all fish pictures look alike anyway!

weather's good today--looking forward to the afternoon!

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Martinlf on Jul 18, 2007July 18th, 2007, 1:03 am EDT

Way cool, Casey. Glad you're having some luck with the fish!

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Troutnut on Jul 18, 2007July 18th, 2007, 12:46 pm EDT

Thanks for posting that Casey! "Peaty" is such a neat, British-sounding term for those tannin-stained streams. I like it.

There must be some nice satisfaction in catching browns which are both wild and native. I felt a bit of that last week catching native rainbows in Alaska.

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