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 specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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LenH on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 1:42 pm EST
Facing upstream on a warm summer's day
Facing downstream in the dead of winter...longing to fish....
42 days until season opens again.
Wbranch on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 2:43 pm EST
Neat photos! We have year round trout fishing (well almost) for many of the streams in PA so if you have the itch it can be scratched. I however hate the cold weather and won't fish until the water temperatures are at least 50 degrees for a week.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Wbranch on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 2:44 pm EST
Len,
I wanted to ask you if the fellow on the left was a friend of the fellow on the right since they are so damn close to each other! What's up with that?
I wanted to ask you if the fellow on the left was a friend of the fellow on the right since they are so damn close to each other! What's up with that?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Wbranch on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 2:44 pm EST
Len,
I wanted to ask you if the fellow on the left was a friend of the fellow on the right since they are so damn close to each other! What's up with that?
I wanted to ask you if the fellow on the left was a friend of the fellow on the right since they are so damn close to each other! What's up with that?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
LenH on Jan 21, 2008January 21st, 2008, 2:51 pm EST
father on left...75 years old....
son on right.....40th birthday outing....
son on right.....40th birthday outing....
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