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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With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.
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Kroil on Feb 29, 2008February 29th, 2008, 11:05 am EST
There once was angler named Dave,
Who kept a dead whore in a cave,
He would say with a grin,
As he wiped off his chin,
"Just think of the money I'll save."
Who kept a dead whore in a cave,
He would say with a grin,
As he wiped off his chin,
"Just think of the money I'll save."
When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns. - Jack Handey