Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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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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From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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Dorsal view of a Setvena wahkeena (Perlodidae) (Wahkeena Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

As far as I can tell, this species has only previously been reported from one site in Oregon along the Columbia gorge. However, the key characteristics are fairly unmistakable in all except for one minor detail:
— 4 small yellow spots on frons visible in photos
— Narrow occipital spinule row curves forward (but doesn’t quite meet on stem of ecdysial suture, as it's supposed to in this species)
— Short spinules on anterior margin of front legs
— Short rposterior row of blunt spinules on abdominal tergae, rather than elongated spinules dorsally
I caught several of these mature nymphs in the fishless, tiny headwaters of a creek high in the Wenatchee Mountains.

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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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Spey Rods

Jjlyon01
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse

Posts: 71

Jjlyon01 on Oct 20, 2008October 20th, 2008, 3:00 am EDT

I got my hands on a Spey rod for the first time this weekend and now I NEED one. Does anyone here know much about spey rodding? What company should I look into to get myself one? Has anyone seen the new ZPEY spey rods?

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LittleJ
Hollidaysburg Pa

Posts: 251

LittleJ on Oct 20, 2008October 20th, 2008, 10:36 am EDT

I've never fished a spey rod, but I do like the 11' z- axis.... I also have a friend who fishes steelhead with a tfo spey and really seems to like it.fwiw
jeff

Jjlyon01
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse

Posts: 71

Jjlyon01 on Oct 20, 2008October 20th, 2008, 11:54 am EDT

Thanks Jeff. I was using my friends Echo rod. I really love what Tim Rajeff did only problem I had with it was the ferrules seemed very lose on it even though my friend had them taped. Does anyone know if this is common or what?

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Trtklr
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Michigan

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Trtklr on Oct 26, 2008October 26th, 2008, 9:35 am EDT

spey rods are coming back. work great for areas where its tough to get a lot of room on a backcast. I would look for one with a detachable bottom. so you can have what looks like a regular fly pole, attach the bottom 6 or 7 inches and shazam! spey rod!

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