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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Wbranch on Jan 7, 2010January 7th, 2010, 1:21 am EST
I was wondering if anyone knows where the banner picture is? It looks like the Power Lines section at the beginning of the No-Kill water on the Willowemoc. Hard to say for sure though.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Troutnut on Jan 7, 2010January 7th, 2010, 4:23 pm EST
You know the Catskills well! You're exactly right.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist