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 is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).
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Troutnut.com User Flyfishpa (Mark McCall)
Troutnut.com User Flyfishpa (Mark McCall)
Real Name
Mark McCall
Location
New Germany, Pa
Biography & Thoughts
I've been fly fishing since my college days at Lock Haven University in 1989. I didn't realize that the best fishing I could want was at the places where I learned under the tutelage of a very good friend. I don't fish now as much as I once did as good water is not as easy to get to with a growing family.