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Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana
Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

Lateral view of a Female Sweltsa borealis (Chloroperlidae) (Boreal Sallfly) Stonefly Adult from Harris Creek in Washington
I was not fishing, but happened to be at an unrelated social event on a hill above this tiny creek (which I never even saw) when this stonefly flew by me. I assume it came from there. Some key characteristics are tricky to follow, but process of elimination ultimately led me to Sweltsa borealis. It is reassuringly similar to this specimen posted by Bob Newell years ago. It is also so strikingly similar to this nymph from the same river system that I'm comfortable identifying that nymph from this adult. I was especially pleased with the closeup photo of four mites parasitizing this one.
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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Nymphnut
Berks Co. PA

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Nymphnut on Dec 27, 2007December 27th, 2007, 3:19 am EST
Does anyone on this site believe in a "catastrophic" global warming is happening now? And if so, how is it going to effect the Trout and trout waters/habitat in north eastern USA. Or for that matter in the whole USA now and in the future ?
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Taxon on Dec 27, 2007December 27th, 2007, 9:12 am EST
Nymphnut-

Here is the link to a previous discussion on this forum titled Global Warming and Flyfishing.

I would imagine that most flyfishers have an opinion concerning global warming. However, I am hoping that posting this link will not reactivate the emotions which evidenced themselves in the original postings.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

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