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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.

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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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Landscape & scenery photos from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River

The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
A short (about 12") but football-fat, hard-fighting Henry's Fork rainbow. This was probably the best fish I caught in a morning of Trico fishing, although I hooked a nicer one--maybe 17"--and couldn't keep it out of the ubiquitous mats of vegetation on a 7X Trico tippet.
Thick clouds of mating caddisflies along the banks of the Henry's Fork.

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Upper Mesa Falls

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Upper Mesa Falls

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Lower Mesa Falls

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The sky darkened along the banks of the Henry's Fork by clouds of morning Trico spinners.

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Typical view of the upper part of the famous Harriman Ranch section of the Henry's Fork.

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
I was fairly astonished to see a river so wide that could be waded all the way across.

From the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
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