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.

This is one of the many shallow, unnamed lakes in the Arctic coastal plain near the Dalton Highway.

From Dalton Highway in Alaska

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Lateral view of a Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This dun emerged from a mature nymph on my desk. Unfortunately its wings didn't perfectly dry out.

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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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Heptagenia pulla (Golden Dun) Mayfly Nymph

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Dorsal view of a Heptagenia pulla (Heptageniidae) (Golden Dun) Mayfly Nymph from Nome Creek in Alaska

Like most Alaskan mayflies, this one is tricky to identify to the species level. See the discussion section for an informative chat about this one's ID. The current leaning is to call it a fairly immature Heptagenia pulla nymph, but a case has been made for Heptagenia elegantula as well.

Collected July 9, 2011 from Nome Creek in Alaska

Added by Troutnut on July 13, 2011

Collected July 9, 2011 from Nome Creek in Alaska and added by Troutnut on July 13, 2011

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Jul 25, 2011July 25th, 2011, 1:41 pm EDT

This is an oxymoron, for sure. :-)

Could we get away with calling it humor of a higher "order"...Ouch! And I promised to stop and should of while I was ahead...;)

Thanks again!

"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

Jmw975
Guelph, Ontario

Posts: 20

Jmw975 on Jul 25, 2011July 25th, 2011, 1:50 pm EDT

Spence, I enjoy your wisecracks, and do understand your frustration with all the name changes. I've only been in the mayfly taxonomy business since the late 90's and I find myself calling species by the "wrong" name all the time.

Hopefully, the combination of morphology, DNA, and other lines of evidence will allow us to achieve some sort of stability, at least until the next whiz-bang technology comes along ;)

jeff

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Jul 25, 2011July 25th, 2011, 6:38 pm EDT

Hopefully, the combination of morphology, DNA, and other lines of evidence will allow us to achieve some sort of stability, at least until the next whiz-bang technology comes along ;)

Jeff,

I think we will do just fine here treading water in the deep end of the pool...We can take solice knowing we aren't alone. Bottom line, when you and I are standing knee deep in the river somewhere, we can grab a bug out of the air and still figure out what to tie on the business end of our leader.

I love reading you bug boys and can keep up fairly well unless G has had his Wheaties this morning and has put a serious dent in a whole pot of coffee...;)

Keep up the good work!

Spence