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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 Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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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Btbo32 on Nov 18, 2017November 18th, 2017, 11:16 am EST
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Troutnut on Nov 18, 2017November 18th, 2017, 2:16 pm EST
It's always a bit hard to be sure when a nymph's out of the water, but this looks to me like a small Isonychia mayfly nymph, like this one.
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Btbo32 on Nov 19, 2017November 19th, 2017, 11:26 am EST
Thank you for your response! I think my puzzle has been solved.
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Wbranch on Nov 20, 2017November 20th, 2017, 4:33 am EST
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