The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
Option 1 | Option 2 |
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Pronotum with transverse carina or ridge extended into rounded anterolateral lobe on each side (sf 19.111, 19.112) | Pronotum without transverse carina, and anterolateral corners not lobate, although pointed in some genera (sf 19.109) |
Larvae construct cases of sand grains (sf 19.8,19.489) | |
Eastern distribution (highly localized) | |
Remaining families: Odontoceridae and Sericostomatidae | |
1 Example Specimen | |
Beraeidae No further information about this family is available on Troutnut.com at this time. | Go to Couplet 26 |