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 appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
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Jmd123 on Aug 6, 2010August 6th, 2010, 9:27 am EDT
Funny how wacky and off-topic some of these threads can get...and you know, alcohol is a PLANT-derived product, fitting in with the vegetarian lifestyle quite nicely...
Now, my original fly-fishing mentor, a fellow who tought plant ecology during my "formative" years at the U of M Biological Station and was a highly accomplished forest ecologist himself, used to say he liked to have a beer before hitting the stream to "steady his nerves". He also liked to "smoke a rope" - actually, a cigar - while fishing as his "mosquito repellant". I do not emulate either of these activities - hell, I don't even LIKE beer or tobacco - but there were more than a few days on the Huron in Ann Arbor when, being right across the road from the river, I would stumble over in various states of mind and fish since it didn't involve driving a car! Of course, the nice cool water against my legs and ass and the thrilling fights from the smallies as they turned sideways in the current helped me keep focus...
Jonathon
Now, my original fly-fishing mentor, a fellow who tought plant ecology during my "formative" years at the U of M Biological Station and was a highly accomplished forest ecologist himself, used to say he liked to have a beer before hitting the stream to "steady his nerves". He also liked to "smoke a rope" - actually, a cigar - while fishing as his "mosquito repellant". I do not emulate either of these activities - hell, I don't even LIKE beer or tobacco - but there were more than a few days on the Huron in Ann Arbor when, being right across the road from the river, I would stumble over in various states of mind and fish since it didn't involve driving a car! Of course, the nice cool water against my legs and ass and the thrilling fights from the smallies as they turned sideways in the current helped me keep focus...
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Oldredbarn on Aug 6, 2010August 6th, 2010, 2:51 pm EDT
Jon,
You don't have to worry too much about Taxon...a boy with a last name like Rohrbeck understands the old Reinheitsgebot...Bier = Wasser, Gerste, und Hopfen...period! No better protein supplement for a veg-o...by-the-way...Or at least that's what I keep telling my long suffering Frau. I just like my vitamins in a liquid format.
Spence
Roger...Wilkommen wieder zuruck! Es ist gut zu wissen, du bist immer noch bei uns! Verstehen?
You don't have to worry too much about Taxon...a boy with a last name like Rohrbeck understands the old Reinheitsgebot...Bier = Wasser, Gerste, und Hopfen...period! No better protein supplement for a veg-o...by-the-way...Or at least that's what I keep telling my long suffering Frau. I just like my vitamins in a liquid format.
Spence
Roger...Wilkommen wieder zuruck! Es ist gut zu wissen, du bist immer noch bei uns! Verstehen?
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Jmd123 on Aug 6, 2010August 6th, 2010, 6:39 pm EDT
Ich auch spreche ein bischen Deutsch...aber nur eine kleine bischen...
Check your private mail for an SBF report, Herr Spencenmeister.
Jonathon
Check your private mail for an SBF report, Herr Spencenmeister.
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Taxon on Aug 6, 2010August 6th, 2010, 8:09 pm EDT
Roger...Wilkommen wieder zuruck! Es ist gut zu wissen, du bist immer noch bei uns! Verstehen?
Spence-
Nicht verstehen. Wenn Sie sich beziehen mein Posting-Frequenz, nicht sehr viele Kommentare über Taxonomie im letzten Monat oder zwei.
Oldredbarn on Aug 8, 2010August 8th, 2010, 5:44 am EDT
Roger,
Ok...But you are allowed to just drop by and straighten out us weirdos when we blow off course...Which we are wont to do, eh! Or you could just say hello from time-to-time so we don't worry that you may have wandered off somewhere...:)
May be you three "bugs boys" have finally got us neophytes up to speed a bit...Nah!!! We are slow learners no doubt.
I'll try and get you something to look at over the next couple weeks here to keep you busy a bit.
Take Care!
Spence
Ok...But you are allowed to just drop by and straighten out us weirdos when we blow off course...Which we are wont to do, eh! Or you could just say hello from time-to-time so we don't worry that you may have wandered off somewhere...:)
May be you three "bugs boys" have finally got us neophytes up to speed a bit...Nah!!! We are slow learners no doubt.
I'll try and get you something to look at over the next couple weeks here to keep you busy a bit.
Take Care!
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Taxon on Aug 8, 2010August 8th, 2010, 8:57 am EDT
Spence,
I'll try to be more sensitive to your concerns.
I'll try to be more sensitive to your concerns.
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