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 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.
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JAD on Mar 28, 2010March 28th, 2010, 5:40 am EDT
I came across this video ,I thought you might enjoy watching . Not quite my cup of tea, to say the least.
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Shawnny3 on Mar 28, 2010March 28th, 2010, 11:49 am EDT
I would only attempt this walk if there was a REALLY nice brookie stream at the end. Otherwise, it's just not very sane at all.
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CaseyP on Mar 29, 2010March 29th, 2010, 3:09 am EDT
confirms my belief in angels...
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Wbranch on Mar 29, 2010March 29th, 2010, 8:18 am EDT
Looked at it yesterday and shuddered throughout the entire video. I'd need to know there was a spring creek full of 22" and bigger wild browns and rainbows, with predictable infrequens lasting for hours everyday, before I'd even consider that trek.
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Lastchance on Mar 29, 2010March 29th, 2010, 11:12 am EDT
was that for real? wow!
Martinlf on Mar 30, 2010March 30th, 2010, 4:27 am EDT
Yikes!
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Ericd on Mar 30, 2010March 30th, 2010, 8:37 am EDT
That makes a fear of heights very rational.
Flatstick96 on Mar 30, 2010March 30th, 2010, 9:15 am EDT
That was pretty sweet.
Reminds me of a particular section of the Nualolo Cliff Trail on Kaua'i. When we hiked it we didn't stop to take pictures, but here's one from someone who did (where the guy is looking is at least a thousand foot drop):
http://www.sallyandrobert.com/pics/hawaii/IMG_2247.jpg
Thankfully, the dangerous part of the trail is only about 1/4 mile long, and the really sketchy part (where the above picture was taken) is only a few hundred feet long. Still though, traversing those few hundred feet does make your sphincter pucker up just a bit...
Reminds me of a particular section of the Nualolo Cliff Trail on Kaua'i. When we hiked it we didn't stop to take pictures, but here's one from someone who did (where the guy is looking is at least a thousand foot drop):
http://www.sallyandrobert.com/pics/hawaii/IMG_2247.jpg
Thankfully, the dangerous part of the trail is only about 1/4 mile long, and the really sketchy part (where the above picture was taken) is only a few hundred feet long. Still though, traversing those few hundred feet does make your sphincter pucker up just a bit...
Motrout on Apr 1, 2010April 1st, 2010, 12:26 am EDT
Okay, I've never been on anything nearly that rough.
But that does kind of remind me of the hike to a certain section of a canyon stream in Montana. As I said, it was never quite that frightening, but there were quite a few places you could see how a miss-step could be very bad news.
It least in this case it was worth it though, because the creek was full of cutthroat trout 14" and up:)
But that does kind of remind me of the hike to a certain section of a canyon stream in Montana. As I said, it was never quite that frightening, but there were quite a few places you could see how a miss-step could be very bad news.
It least in this case it was worth it though, because the creek was full of cutthroat trout 14" and up:)
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Michael123 on Apr 21, 2010April 21st, 2010, 1:01 am EDT
Hi motrout, i am agree with you, i think it was never quite that frightening, but there were quite a few places you could see how a miss-step could be very bad news. thanks for sharing
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