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 Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.

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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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Yorkshire, River Wharf, on my own this time

Report at a Glance

General Region	Addingham, West Yorkshire
Dates Fished	July 18, 2007
Time of Day	PM
Fish Caught	Four gorgeous British browns
Conditions & Hatches	Clear Weather (hooray!) deep fast clear water temp- 57 or so hatches- sporadic yellow mayflies and later some smaller bluish ones, but not fishable

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CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

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CaseyP on Jul 18, 2007July 18th, 2007, 10:46 am EDT

Bead head pheasant tail nymph with antron indicator really rocks--caught all the fish on one. everything else lost early on to rocks and moss. fished one big riffle across and back twice in the afternoon. river dropping nicely but it's still over knee deep. had the place to myself as well. the whole afternoon was out of a book...

thanks to Gonzo's tips, landed four, three took early release, and 3 more gave it a shot but avoided commitment.

(rats! photos didn't take. i'll try again at home.)

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