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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Dirremeang on Apr 8, 2008April 8th, 2008, 5:45 pm EDT
Sorry! I thought i uploaded the photo but i never did! Please help me get this insect identified! Collected in a fast flow high velocity stream. I thought their larvae of Toxorhychites but... are they???
Wbranch on Apr 10, 2008April 10th, 2008, 1:48 pm EDT
Still no photo maybe it is a Epheremeral noseeumess.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.