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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Abdomen fairly long, so the tips of the wingpads are clearly closer to the front of the head than to the base of the tails in most species ![]() ![]() | Abdomen short by comparison, with the tips of the wingpads being closer to the base of the tails than to the front of the head, or about the same distance from each ![]() ![]() |
Includes most "burrower" and "swimmer" nymphs | Includes most "clinger" and "crawler" nymphs |
Remaining families: Ameletidae, Baetidae, Ephemeridae, Isonychiidae, Leptophlebiidae, Polymitarcyidae, Potamanthidae, and Siphlonuridae | Remaining families: Baetiscidae, Caenidae, Ephemerellidae, Heptageniidae, Leptohyphidae, and Leptophlebiidae |
5 Example Specimens | 5 Example Specimens |
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