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 Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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flyfishing heaven?

Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Aug 22, 2007August 22nd, 2007, 2:38 am EDT

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/travel/19journeys.html?ex=1188446400&en=8b5f74a1f64c0f22&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Flyfishing pristine mountain streams for wild browns among Roman ruins... sounds too good to be true!

I am haunted by waters

Shawnny3
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Pleasant Gap, PA

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Shawnny3 on Aug 22, 2007August 22nd, 2007, 3:10 am EDT

There was a enthusiastic Greek guy on one of the old threads looking for help getting started in flyfishing. I can't remember his name or the thread, but maybe someone should PM him this article.

-Shawn

P.S. And it does sound like a great place.

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