Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

The trees were leafing out and the trout were rising on this productive Wisconsin stream

From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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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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TYING AGAIN

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First fly, after 12 years away from the bench.

PESCATORE

Rancho Cordova, CA

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PESCATORE on May 21, 2016May 21st, 2016, 7:05 pm EDT

I thought I would post an image tonight, to see how it would look on the Site. I took up fly tying again today after a hiatus of 12 years. I can see that I need some fine tuning as shown by this closeup taken with my Micro Nikkor lens and Camera.

Don

Roguerat

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Roguerat on May 23, 2016May 23rd, 2016, 3:02 pm EDT

Don-

WELCOME BACK, and this is a great site for any level fly fisher and tyer.

If that's an 'out of tune' Humpy you haven't got far to go getting back in the groove, better than my best on this pattern!

tight lines,

Roguerat

'Less is more...'

Ludwig Mies Vande Rohe

PESCATORE

Rancho Cordova, CA

Posts: 17

PESCATORE on May 23, 2016May 23rd, 2016, 8:40 pm EDT

Roguerat:

Thanks for stopping by and your comments. The real challenge is tying them on a #16 or 18 and even more difficult, a #20. I will need an added measure of patients on those sizes.

I agree with you on your comment about this Site. I was so impressed, after browsing this site that I wrote a Kudo to convey my appreciation but, have not posted it because I cannot find a section in the Forums for such comments. Neither did I find a New Member forum where I could post that Kudo.

Thanks again for stopping by and your remarks. I'm certain we will cross paths again, I plan to spend a good amount of time on this Site... when I'm not tying or fishing.

Ciao,

Don