Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica
The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
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This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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I found this female in the same area as a male with similar markings, probably of the same species.
Martinlf on Dec 18, 2008December 18th, 2008, 12:02 am EST
Casey, take a look at the underside of this bug.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
Taxon on Dec 18, 2008December 18th, 2008, 3:55 am EST
Louis-
Context, please.
Context, please.
Martinlf on Dec 18, 2008December 18th, 2008, 4:57 am EST
Touche, Taxon . . . I should have known better with you out their poised to strike at any hint of indecency.
For context, see Casey's question about blue wing olives in the "winter fishing - ice in the guides" thread. See, I wasn't being naughty!
For context, see Casey's question about blue wing olives in the "winter fishing - ice in the guides" thread. See, I wasn't being naughty!
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
CaseyP on Dec 18, 2008December 18th, 2008, 6:59 am EST
Louis,
y'know, this spring i tied up a whole box of caddis from large to small, tan to black, and a few larvae and sparkle caddis as well. it was neat having whatever i needed, and after a while i knew which ones to make more of. this winter it's going to be a box of small mayflies with "blue" wings and every sort of body color, and some nymphs and emergers as well. and after a while...
thanks a lot for unravelling that little puzzle for me. those bugs i'd seen on the stream in cooler weather were seldom "blue"--and now i know why, or at least that it's really so.
Taxon, it's getting darker every day...;-)
y'know, this spring i tied up a whole box of caddis from large to small, tan to black, and a few larvae and sparkle caddis as well. it was neat having whatever i needed, and after a while i knew which ones to make more of. this winter it's going to be a box of small mayflies with "blue" wings and every sort of body color, and some nymphs and emergers as well. and after a while...
thanks a lot for unravelling that little puzzle for me. those bugs i'd seen on the stream in cooler weather were seldom "blue"--and now i know why, or at least that it's really so.
Taxon, it's getting darker every day...;-)
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
LittleJ on Dec 18, 2008December 18th, 2008, 8:30 am EST
I'm with you casey, if you fish more than one stream, you'll need any number of 8 thousand patterns/colors/sizes when someone tells you the "olives" are on.
Taxon on Dec 18, 2008December 18th, 2008, 3:16 pm EST
Louis,
I plead innocent; thought maybe you were referring to those thingamajiggies:
Touche, Taxon . . . I should have known better with you out their poised to strike at any hint of indecency.
I plead innocent; thought maybe you were referring to those thingamajiggies:
Martinlf on Dec 19, 2008December 19th, 2008, 12:57 pm EST
Not me, I try never to refer to thingamajiggies if I can help it! ;>
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
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