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.

I caught a nice brookie a few weeks earlier in this pool at the junction of a split channel in the stream. The huge fallen tree is great cover.

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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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Floating thru town

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Report at a Glance

General Region	Green River Wyoming
Specific Location	Green River Wyoming
Dates Fished	April 4th
Time of Day	All Day
Fish Caught	Rainbows and Browns
Conditions & Hatches	BWO, Midges

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Parsond

Green River Wyoming

Posts: 9

Parsond on Apr 9, 2015April 9th, 2015, 8:13 am EDT

Floated thru my home town with my little girl. Very cool day! It started out pretty cold, so we ate donuts, looked at birds and water type critters, stripped a few streamers, and drank hot chocolate. Once it warmed up some bugs started to do their thing and we could nymph the shelves and side channels. Fishing was good. A lot of small fish but we managed to find a few larger 'bows. My kiddo was, as always, a trooper and managed to catch a few all by herself.

MiltRPowell
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MiltRPowell on Apr 9, 2015April 9th, 2015, 10:31 am EDT

Daniel, great photo's, could just feel myself there. Looks like you have some great floating there & some pretty great fishing as well. But floating down river & eating the doughnuts with your little trooper -Priceless. Well welcome, look forward ta seeing other trips. I fish streams in N.Y. Nothing like you have, looks great...
Milt.

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Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Apr 9, 2015April 9th, 2015, 10:54 am EDT

What a cute kid. The photo of her in the front of the boat is one to frame. You two are very lucky. Reminds me of fishing with my girls when they were little. Now I have a three-year-old granddaughter. I'll be getting her out in a bit.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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