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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.

A trackless paradise two days deep in the Yellowstone backcountry

From Mystery Creek # 218 in Wyoming

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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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Jan 12, 2009
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Re: Limnephiliidae???

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Jul 11, 2008
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Jun 24, 2008
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Apr 7, 2008
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Mar 9, 2008
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Mar 6, 2008
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Re: Midwest/Great Lakes hatch reports anyone?
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Feb 26, 2008
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Re: Another Ephemerid

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Jan 29, 2008
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In the Identify This! Board by Pilonm

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Oct 18, 2007
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Re: What is going on here?!

These weren't the only ones, and they weren't limited to this structure. They were all over the place, and a lot of them were very close, if not in, the water.

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Jul 25, 2007
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Jun 29, 2007
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Jun 15, 2007
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Jun 12, 2007
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Chloroperlidae?
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Jun 5, 2007
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May 10, 2007
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