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 specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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Wbranch on Mar 22, 2009March 22nd, 2009, 2:24 pm EDT
I wanted to share this photo of a really large Erie tributary steelhead that my friend caught last week. This male was caught last Saturday on pink sucker spawn and 7# tippet. It was just one of about thirty he caught on Saturday. I'd say he had a stellar day.
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DOS on Mar 22, 2009March 22nd, 2009, 5:06 pm EDT
wow that is a monster, good god! True trophy!! Look how his hand sinks into the belly, that adipose fin thats the size of his thumb and how think the tail is... signs of a real monster! Any Erie fish greater than 10lbs is quite exceptional !!
Andrew Nisbet
JAD on Mar 23, 2009March 23rd, 2009, 2:23 pm EDT
That"s a real good looking hen. The females are usually a bit heavier while the males are long and skinny. Here's one from today in the thirty plus.
John
John
They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,
Wbranch on Mar 24, 2009March 24th, 2009, 6:27 am EDT
I also thought it was a hen but in another picture you can see a stream of milt coming out of the anal vent.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Wbranch on Mar 24, 2009March 24th, 2009, 6:52 am EDT
See new picture - maybe it's a hermaphrodite steelie! Surely has a hen's head shape though.
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JAD on Mar 24, 2009March 24th, 2009, 10:29 am EDT
Yes I do, I thought it was a bra strap. Your friends fish must be watching a lot of TV and nipping on Crown Royal.
I stand corrected.
John
I stand corrected.
John
They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,
Troutnut on Apr 1, 2009April 1st, 2009, 11:46 am EDT
Beautiful fish! I'm jealous. Liquid water is just beginning to show up around here on some of the warmer days.
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Wbranch on Apr 1, 2009April 1st, 2009, 12:27 pm EDT
Yes, it's an amazing steelhead, especially for the Erie streams in PA.
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