Thats a spruce beetle, at least thats what the loggers called it when I was growing up. You think a horse fly can bite, that thing will take a chunk outa your neck.
I have heard Elk River is amazing, I need to jump through the hoops of crossing the border and back to check it out. My pic was on the middle fork of the Flathead. Decent cutthroat fishing, amazing float.
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