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 one seems to lead to Couplet 35 of the Key to Genera of Perlodidae Nymphs and the genus Isoperla, but I'm skeptical that's correct based on the general look. I need to get it under the microscope to review several choices in the key, and it'll probably end up a different Perlodidae.
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fishing now for about 55 years. neuropsychologist. especially interested in the behavior of the nymphs to improve my presentation. have recently gotten into czech and polish nymphing for which i purchased an 11' sage 6 wgt z axis and am getting a big kick out of it. i am very curious as to how you get your underwater photos; i was thinking about working out some sort of reverse periscope. jhw
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