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Salmonfly.Net began taking photo submissions from readers and posting them as "Photos of the Month" on the home page in 1999. We no longer post them to the home page as a photo of the month, but we will continue to take photo submissions, post them to these archive pages, and occasionally post one on the home page as an example. See below how to submit your photo.

2007 Submissions

Ryan Barker proudly displays his first Salmon ever, a very large King he caught fishing the Nisqually River, Washington. Joel LaFollette landed this beautiful steelhead sometime in 2006 on the Kispiox in British Columbia

2006 Submissions

Andrew Williams holding up a beautiful Steelhead caught on the Bulkley in 2003. Kevin Veator from Wilmington, MA. proudly holding up a wild Atlantic salmon that he caught on his Elkhorn 10 Ft./7 Wt. on a Lake Ontario tributary November 2005. John Garret, of Garrett's Guide Service in Carson, WA, displays a beautiful, chrome Chinook caught on a fly on the Nushagak River in Alaska on his 7 weight fly rod! Ed Vanderlip caught this huge buck using a single handed custom build Orvis Trident with an ATH reel on a visit to Kispiox River with some friends.

Sea Trout caught by a friend of contributing fly tyer, Yuri Shumakov with one of Yuri's tube flies while on a fishing trip in Poland over the winter. A nice Silver caught last October on the Carbon River in Orting by Tom Stoltenberg of Puyallup, Washington. Sam Bishop, of Soquel, CA. proudly displays a 33 inch Striper he caught last month on a tan & white #2 Clouser while fly fishing the surf in Monterey Bay near Watsonville.

2005 Submissions

Jeffrey Wimer displays a beautiful Silver he caught on a fishing trip to the Lost River, Alaska. Bob St.Germaine of Vancouver, B.C., Canada struggles to hold a huge Spring salmon he caught on the Fraser River just east of Hope, B.C., last year. Jeffrey Wimer displays a beautiful Silver he caught off of the beach on the mouth of the Italio, Alaska. The Skagit River near Ross Lake, B.C., Canada on a beautiful mid-summer day.

Liam Burke reeling in his first ever trout on Goose Pond, Lacey, Washington. Contributing Fly Tyer, Yuri Shumakov, with a beautiful Atlantic Salmon about to be released back to the Ujama Pool, Kola River, Russia. John Ingals with a bright spring salmon taken May 28th 2005 in the Kitimat River on an olive leech pattern with a # 4 hook. Andrew Williams' first Kispiox fish of the 2005 season: a 36 1/2

Contributing fly tyer, Sergei Fesko about to release a nice Atlantic Salmon caught on the Narva River in his native Estonia.

2004 Submissions

Contributing Fly Tyer, John Glaspy, displays the successfull results of casting his Pacific Salmon Spey flies. Dr. Todd Luckasevic with a beautiful steelhead caught in November 2003 on Walnut Creek in Erie Pa. Evidence of the effectivenes of a Yuri Shumakov tube fly -Atlantic Salmon taken on the Kola. Evidence Cuve pool on the York river in Gaspe, Quebec showing the long stairway down to the pool.

Nigel Fell, shown here in front of his home with a huge Atlantic Salmon, is the River Tweed water Bailiff/Guide for the Famous Boleside Salmon Beat in Galashiels, Scotland. John Ingalls shows off a beautiful, chrome Springer, taken May 29, 2004 on the Kitimat River. Kylah Dryvynsyde is being assisted by Eric Chisholm with her first Dolly Varden. A classic shot of a chrome bright spring steelhead caught in May on a 1/0 Deep Purple Spey.

Don Edwards with a salmon-sized Brown Trout. Bram Rekoert with a huge steelhead, caught on Sept 24 in the Kispiox River, British Columbia. A beautiful Seatrout taken by Tobbe Hedin on one of his custom flies. Bram Rekoert with a huge steelhead, caught on Sept 24 in the Kispiox River, British Columbia.

2003 Submissions

Kevin Veator from Wilmington, MA., proudly displays a colorful Sockeye caught while fishing the Russian River in Alaska. Erwin, holding with a bright 38 inch Steelhead landed in Mid-December on Oregon's John Day River. Oregon fly fisherman, Isaac Bowen hefts a huge, fly caught King landed while fishing the Feather river near Oroville. Kristine Wimer with her first fly caught Chinook, a 32# hen taken in Southern BC. The ecstatic fisherwoman was swinging a Paint Brush.

Craig and Jenny Tinder landed another Chum Salmon in Southern British Columbia. Ralphy, a hefty Brown Trout, fondly named by Leon Guthrie, taken a second time by Leon on a Mayfly Nymph. Brett Miller, about to release a nice Pinook (Pink/Chinook cross-breed) he caught last Fall on a small river in Ontario. Kevin Veator holding huge King Salmon landed in the Salmon River in Pulaski, NY last October.

Mighty Fraser River Spring Salmon, B.C. Canada. Caught by Barry St. Germaine near Mission, B.C. Contributing Fly Tyer Jamie Webb fishing for Atlantic salmon last October in one of his local rivers. Albuquerque, New Mexico fly fisherman Don Sanchez is into a Steelhead during his trip to the Grande Rhonde in Washington. One of the many released Rainbows caught fly fishing by Ryan St. Germaine while river fishing near Hope, B.C.

2002 Submissions

A client savors the rewards of fly fishing the Clearwater with expert guide, Jeff Jarrett of Jarrett's Guide Service, Orofino, Idaho. Chinook Salmon running the Sheboygan River, just below Black Wolf Run, Kohler WI. on the upper reaches of the Sheboygan River. Submitted by Mark Brown. Fly Fishing on Trembleur Lake in British Columbia That's why we love to get out! From Michael Schneider of Trembleur Fishing Adventures. Pennsylvania fisherman Ed Ringer, shows off a nice Steelhead taken on Elk Creek in October. Charlie Dickson about to release a beautiful 40 inch Atlantic Salmon he caught on the Dartmouth river in Québec in the spring of 2001. A shot of a 40 inch Atlantic Salmon in the water as it is about to be released by Charlie Dickson. Pennsylvania fisherman Ed Ringer shows off a fresh steelie taken from Elk Creek, Erie Pa. on Dec. 27,2001. Craig Tinder, of Boise, Idaho, with a British Columbia Chum Salmon caught on a trip to British Columbia last year. Jeffrey Wimer with a huge, 40+ inch Buck he caught and released on a fishing trip to British Columbia last fall. Father and Son fishing the Sheboygan River during the fall salmon run 2001. Pat Mertens and son Joe Mertens holding Coho caught at the same time. Idaho fly fisherman Tim Oneal about to release a Spring Chinook taken with a Clark Lucas Silver and Black Spey on the South Fork Salmon River. Amy Gablick displaying a beautiful rainbow caught last spring on a Pennsylvania river.

2001 Submissions

Tom Stoltenberg of Lakewood, Washington displays a nice example of a Washington Chum Salmon, caught on the Humptulips River, Washington. Steve of Lacey, Washington brought this King, caught from the Nisqually River, home to show off to his bewildered daughters. Joe Roope of Castaway Fly shop in Couer d'Alene Idaho with a beautiful wild steelhead he took on the clearwater with an Articulated Leech pattern. Joe was fishing with Jeff Jarrett of Jarrett's Guide Service, Orofino, Idaho. John Moss of Lacey, Washington with a chrome bright Winter Run Steelhead he hooked in the Kalama this fall. Jeff Jarrett of Jarrett's Guide Service, Orofino, Idaho and a happy client displaying a beautiful 37 Matt Landry releasing a wild doe steelhead back to the Vedder River, Brittish Columbia. Tom Stoltenberg of Lakewood, Washington displays again one of the reasons he loves the Humptulips River. Jeff Romans fly fishing one of his favorite steelhead spots, Squirrel Creek, Madison Ohio, a feeder stream of the Grand River. Idaho fly tyer Clark Lucas, originator of some of the extraordinary spey flies you see on this site, happily displayes a 37 in. Hatchery Chinook Salmon he took using his Salmon Threat Hairwing on the South Fork Salmon River. Fly Fisherman Phil Jahn with a beautiful 38 in. Steelhead caught on the South fork of the Salmon River, Idaho in March. California Fly Fisherman, Michael Freeman proudly displays this chrome bright steelhead caught on a trip to Brittish Columbia. Oregon Fly Fisherman, Bret Penselin carefully lifts one of the large Chums he caught on the Miami River using a green leech pattern.

2000 Submissions

John Kinyon and his Mother with a couple nice Kings on the Feather River, Oroville, CA. Bonnie Pollard holding, then releasing, her Chrome Steelhead on Vancouver Island, BC. Al Luneckas with a 25# King hen caught and released to the Pere Marquette river in Michigan. Al Luneckas with a nice Steelhead caught and released to the Pere Marquette river in Michigan. Don Barnes, releasing an Atlantic salmon grilse on the Middle River on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Ed Layaoen of Lacey, Washington shows off a nice hatchery steelhead he hooked in the Kalama River. A beautifully colored Steelie, hooked by Clark Lucas with a nymph pattern on the Clearwater in Idaho. Gail McDougall of Blue Mountain Anglers and Fly Shop with one of his 1999 catches on the lower Deschutes River. Snoqualmie Falls on the Snoqualmie River, Washington. Submitted by Julie Devine of Lakewood, Washington. Fly fishing the beautiful South Fork of the Salmon River, River of No Return Wilderness Area, Idaho and a salmon being released by the Idaho Fish and Game Dept. Submitted by David Champion from Whitehouse, Ohio. Roger Brown getting ready for an evening fly fish in his float tube at McCulloch lake in British Columbia in the summer of 1997. Tom Stoltenberg of Lakewood, Washington displays the huge King he caught on the Humptulips River with friend Bob Mills of Olympia.

1999 Submissions

Chasing Steelhead in BC. Bob Ball with 28lb+ Steelhead caught with a Showgirl. Don Barnes holding a fall-run Atlantic Salmon he released on the West River, near Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Edwin R Taylor about to release a nice Atlantic Salmon on the Margaree River.

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