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.

Upper Titcomb Lake

From Titcomb Basin in Wyoming

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Case view of a Limnephilus (Limnephilidae) (Summer Flier Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This seems to be a young larva of Limnephilus. Although not clear in the picture, several ventral abdominal segments have chloride epithelia.

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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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Are you using Miyuki 3.4mm Fringe Seed Beads?

Patriot
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Patriot on Sep 18, 2017September 18th, 2017, 3:30 pm EDT

There was a great ariticle in the Autumn 2017 Fly Tyer magazine on the use of these beads by Hans van Klinken (the Klinkhammer guy). Anyway, these beads were about $7 on Amazon, but I accidently found the same bead package for approximately $2.

If interested, here is the link to the bead store:

http://tinyurl.com/yccctgp5

Cheers!