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.

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.

From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York

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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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Report at a Glance

General Region	Central PA
Specific Location	Bruce's Swimming Hole
Dates Fished	4-10
Time of Day	noon to dark
Fish Caught	Browns
Conditions & Hatches	grannoms and olives; chilly and cloudy.

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Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Apr 10, 2016April 10th, 2016, 7:24 pm EDT

The fish are looking up. Not taking the olives, they liked the grannoms.

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

--Fred Chappell

Feathers5
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Feathers5 on Apr 11, 2016April 11th, 2016, 6:10 am EDT

Stay out of my fishing hole! Thanks for the post.

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Apr 11, 2016April 11th, 2016, 8:51 am EDT

Bruce this week should be hot. Go get em.

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

--Fred Chappell

Cardealer12
Florida

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Cardealer12 on Apr 12, 2016April 12th, 2016, 10:58 am EDT

Good Luck!

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Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Apr 12, 2016April 12th, 2016, 1:41 pm EDT

Louis...Don't go getting Bruce too revved up now! He might hurt himself. ;)

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Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

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Gutcutter on Apr 15, 2016April 15th, 2016, 12:25 pm EDT

Grannoms not hatching at Little J. So stay away.
I repeat do not fish the Little J.
If you hear otherwise immediately punch the person in the throat, go home and sleep.

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