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

Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

My then-girlfriend, now-wife took this picture with my camera.

From Toughannock Creek in New York

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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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Have you ever caught a Russian Taimen?

Jtownsend86
San Diego, CA

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Jtownsend86 on Nov 3, 2015November 3rd, 2015, 6:21 am EST

Has anyone ever heard of or fished for Taimen? I came across this film today where some guys were fly fishing deep in the wilderness in Russia for them and after doing a little research, I was amazed.

They can get up to 6 ft long. I couldn't imagine battling them on a fly. I read that they are called River Wolves because they are so predatory.

I would be interested to hear about your experiences with these fish if you have any. Here is the film I saw also in case you want to check it out.

http://harvestingnature.com/2015/11/03/film-expedition-taimen-by-black-fly-eyes/

Kschaefer3

St. Paul, MN

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Kschaefer3 on Nov 3, 2015November 3rd, 2015, 10:28 am EST

Have you ever watched River Monsters with Jeremy Wade? He does an episode on them. Also, one of the first FF films I ever saw was a group fishing for them.

I have never done it before, but you better believe it's high on my bucket list! They're like bull trout on steroids, which are already like other trout on steroids.