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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.

I caught several wild and colorful 8-9 inch brook trout in the clear little pool below this waterfall. From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York

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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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Male Cinygmula ramaleyi (Small Western Gordon Quill) Mayfly Spinner Pictures

Adults were collected from the North Fork of the Touchet River at Touchet Corral, 21 Sept. One photo is the swarm of males over the stream about 3 PM, air temp about 66 degree.

This mayfly was collected from the Touchet River in Washington on September 21st, 2011 and added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on September 23rd, 2011.

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Nice Photos
Posted by Oldredbarn on Sep 23, 2011
Last reply on Sep 23, 2011 by Oldredbarn
Bob,

Way to go! Those spinners over head would get my blood moving and this is a large enough bug to interest trout, no doubt.

Thanks!

Spence

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Male Cinygmula ramaleyi (Small Western Gordon Quill) Mayfly Spinner Pictures

Taxonomy
  1. Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
  2. » Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
  3. » Class Insecta (Insects)
  4. » Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
  5. » Family Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons)
  6. » Genus Cinygmula (Dark Red Quills)
  7. » Species ramaleyi (Small Western Gordon Quills)
Collection details
Location: Touchet River, Washington
Date: September 21st, 2011
Added to site: September 23rd, 2011
Author: Bnewell
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