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.

My then-girlfriend, now-wife took this picture with my camera.

From Toughannock Creek in New York

Stream photos

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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.

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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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Armstrong & Nelson's Spring Creek

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My Dad with a colorful rainbow - We released all our fish and this was long before C&R handling techniques

Report at a Glance

General Region	SW Montana
Specific Location	Livingston
Dates Fished	All of June, July, and August 1968 - 1972
Time of Day	11:00 a.m. to dark
Fish Caught	Rainbows, browns, cutthroats
Conditions & Hatches	PMD's

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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Aug 5, 2020August 5th, 2020, 11:23 am EDT

This is a little anecdote that was recently published on another forum and I thought some of you might enjoy reading it and seeing the pictures.

http://www.paflyfish.com/

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Martinlf

Moderator
Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Aug 6, 2020August 6th, 2020, 12:31 pm EDT

Great story, Matt. Well-written and very interesting.

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

--Fred Chappell

Falsifly

Hayward, WI.

Posts: 660

Falsifly on Aug 7, 2020August 7th, 2020, 12:48 am EDT

Wow Matt, life has been good. Not to detract from the fishing but as a "60's" muscle car enthusiast that must have been quite a change in life going from the GTO to the VW. Anyway great story.

Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Partsman

bancroft michigan

Posts: 321

Partsman on Aug 7, 2020August 7th, 2020, 1:26 am EDT

Thank you Matt for sharing a important part of your life with us, and also for all the help you give to folks here! Those are some cool pictures!
Mike.

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