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.

I spent more than an hour casting to several rising trout in this pool and caught only two. Its clear water and tricky currents harbor dozens of free-rising, usually very hard-to-catch fish.

From Enfield Creek in New York

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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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Talk of worms

Softhackle

Wellsville, NY

Posts: 540

Softhackle on Apr 13, 2008April 13th, 2008, 11:58 am EDT

I am finding the discussion on "worm" flies quite interesting and informative. So, with all this worm talk, I thought I'd offer a tie of mine that is well worth the little extra effort it takes to tie it. It works quite well, contains no extra weight and it sinks quite well. Others, besides myself, that have fished it have had a great deal of success with it.

Comments are welcome with hopes some will tie and try it.

Rubber Band Worm

Mark

"I have the highest respect for the skilled wet-fly fisherman, as he has mastered an art of very great difficulty." Edward R. Hewitt

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Flybyknight
Milton, DE

Posts: 82

Flybyknight on Apr 13, 2008April 13th, 2008, 12:59 pm EDT

Ingenious!
You are driving me to the vise.
On another note, after my dad passed away I got a chance to
take a peek in to his fly box. It was a cheap luan wood box from Japan with ridiculous flies that appeared to never have been used, except for a well rusted worm hook!! and laden with dirt. What a bubble buster.

Dick

Lightly on the dimpling eddy fling;
the hypocritic fly's unruffled wing.
Thomas Scott

Taxon

Site Editor
Plano, TX

Posts: 1311

Taxon on Apr 13, 2008April 13th, 2008, 1:06 pm EDT

Mark-

Very nice. Not surprised it works so well, as it bears a striking resemblance to the pupal lifestage of many caseworker caddisflies, and probably even feels like the same texture if a trout bites down on it.

Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com