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

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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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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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Trico shuck

Female Tricorythodes (Trico) Mayfly Spinner

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Lateral view of a Female Tricorythodes (Leptohyphidae) (Trico) Mayfly Spinner from the Neversink River in New York

I photographed this Trico alive, although it didn't have much time left. These things die very quickly after they mate and it's hard to rush them back to the studio.

Collected September 7, 2006 from the Neversink River in New York

Added by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Collected September 7, 2006 from the Neversink River in New York and added by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

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Martinlf on Jul 22, 2016July 22nd, 2016, 6:13 pm EDT

Catching some fish on duns one early morning I pulled a cripple from the drift and noticed that the shuck looked cream colored to me. Has anyone else noticed this?

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

--Fred Chappell