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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Howdy from the Tip of the Arrowhead

Minnscott
Grand Marais, minnesota

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Minnscott on May 16, 2018May 16th, 2018, 1:08 am EDT

Howdy y'all. I am an avid, 50 year old, Speck chaser in the small local streams here. I hope I don't upset anybody, but I don't fly fish, I use 23" long spinning rods and either 2 or 4 pound test line and love using garden hackle and also spinners.

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