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 one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
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Creno on Jun 8, 2008June 8th, 2008, 6:41 am EDT
I am adding this topic to try and address Nanz' Q re: caddisfly. I have tried to add a modified photo labeling the m vein and the questionable area. I don't think the vein photos will allow us to be sure what genus this is.