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.

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Female Paragnetina (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult Pictures

Artistic view of a Female Paragnetina (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult from Aquarium in New York

Lateral view of a Female Paragnetina (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult from Aquarium in New York

Dorsal view of a Female Paragnetina (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult from Aquarium in New York

Ventral view of a Female Paragnetina (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult from Aquarium in New York

Ruler view of a Female Paragnetina (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult from Aquarium in New York The smallest ruler marks are 1 mm.

Female Paragnetina (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult from Aquarium in New York

This stonefly was collected from Aquarium in New York on May 6th, 2007 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18th, 2007.

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Paragnetina (female)

Posted by GONZO on Apr 8, 2009

Last reply on Apr 8, 2009 by GONZO

In earlier comments on specimen #756 (Paragnetina, male), I mentioned that I thought this might be the same genus. The appearance of the subgenital plate (in the 3rd photo) seems to confirm that suspicion.

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