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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.

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.
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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This discussion is about Penn's Creek.

Here's the valley of a trout stream after a rainstorm.

From Penn's Creek in Pennsylvania
Panorama of a trout stream valley after a May thunderstorm.

From Penn's Creek in Pennsylvania
An afternoon thunderstorm left mist in all the valleys along this limestone spring creek in Pennsylvania.

From Penn's Creek in Pennsylvania
Penn's Creek in Pennsylvania
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Martinlf on Feb 1, 2016February 1st, 2016, 5:09 pm EST
Something to dream on as the snow melts.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Crepuscular on Feb 3, 2016February 3rd, 2016, 5:02 pm EST
Something to dream on as the snow melts.


why wait for that? ;)
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Martinlf on Feb 3, 2016February 3rd, 2016, 7:47 pm EST
Afraid I'll have to wait for those bugs Jason posted up for Penns, but I did find some fish eating olives yesterday. Sweet.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
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Crepuscular on Feb 4, 2016February 4th, 2016, 3:10 am EST
I did find some fish eating olives yesterday. Sweet.

Good to hear!
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Gilsau on Jul 11, 2016July 11th, 2016, 2:28 pm EDT
good to know haha..
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Dmcwil01 on Mar 17, 2019March 17th, 2019, 10:01 pm EDT
Here is something you could do this spring....Hopefully the snow is melted by June.

http://www.springcreektroutcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/joe-humphreys-flyer.pdf

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