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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.

Dorsal view of a Ephemerella mucronata (Ephemerellidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.
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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Lateral view of a Female Baetisca laurentina (Baetiscidae) (Armored Mayfly) Mayfly Spinner from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin
Flytyer0423
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Flytyer0423 on Aug 20, 2009August 20th, 2009, 5:32 pm EDT
Jason-

i was wondering if you know about what sized hook these go ono've been tring to make a realistic mayfly for all the mayflies you have on here and i cant find any patterns for this fly so i have nothing to go off of

Thanks-
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Martinlf on Aug 21, 2009August 21st, 2009, 2:02 am EDT
I don't know if this comment will be helpful, but I seem to recall that this hatch is relatively unimportant to fly fishers.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
Flytyer0423
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Flytyer0423 on Aug 24, 2009August 24th, 2009, 4:47 pm EDT
well the realistics i tie i dont fish with i just have a glass case with sticks and little trees in it and i put the realistic flies in there and i want to expand the variety of flies in there
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Martinlf on Aug 24, 2009August 24th, 2009, 5:37 pm EDT
Oh, well I hope Jason or someone can give you some tips on these. Best of luck.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
Flyguy212
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Flyguy212 on Oct 1, 2009October 1st, 2009, 12:56 pm EDT
i fish the west branch of the Susquehanna river in Clearfield,pa and black lick in Nictown,pa i would use 16-18 size
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Flyguy212 on Oct 1, 2009October 1st, 2009, 12:57 pm EDT
i fish the west branch of the Susquehanna river in Clearfield,pa and black lick in Nictown,pa i would use 16-18 size


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