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This topic is about the Caddisfly Species Arctopsyche grandis

Gary LaFontaine regarded this species as very important in the West, and wrote of it in Caddisflies:

A. grandis is one of those special insects that is worth making the focus of a fishing trip because it gets the best trout in a river interested in feeding.

It owes much of its importance to its large size. Read more...

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KrikutMay 16th, 2016, 11:17 pm
Posts: 1		Discovered one of these guys or (gals?) back on March 20 of this year up in Waterton Canyon. He was so chunky I first thought it was a small hellgrammite (I grew up in Virginia, where the hellgrammite was the bug of choice in most smallmouth rivers). This particular one measured about half an inch and had a bright green tail/foot segment. I'm curious if you guys have a favorite immitation? Thanks!
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BnorikaneMay 17th, 2016, 10:29 pm
Colorado

Posts: 15		They were spotted in Colorado and discussed a few years ago.

http://www.troutnut.com/topic/8547/Arctopsyche-Grandis

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