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 seems to lead to Couplet 35 of the Key to Genera of Perlodidae Nymphs and the genus Isoperla, but I'm skeptical that's correct based on the general look. I need to get it under the microscope to review several choices in the key, and it'll probably end up a different Perlodidae.
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Bippie on Nov 26, 2009November 26th, 2009, 11:37 am EST
One of many.... I forget the name of the creek I was on but it was right at dusk and the bats were starting to fly up and down the creek snatching their evening meal. I was working real hard to get my Badger Bi-Vis to drop just behind a dead fall in the water. After several attempts the fly landed just where I wanted it.... it was in a perfect drift for a good size riser sipping off the surface! Just as it approached the hot zone a bat swooped down and snatched my fly off the water and dropped it about 10 feet beyond the rising trout! If once wasn't bad enough it happened twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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