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.

For how many years, I wonder, have these huge slabs of rock sheltered wild brook trout?

From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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fly patern pics of insects

Gid
Lithuania,East Europe

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Gid on Nov 3, 2006November 3rd, 2006, 3:03 am EST

do we have fly paterns of insect pics in this site?larvas,haching insects,adults???

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Nov 3, 2006November 3rd, 2006, 6:26 am EST

I'm not a big believer in using fly patterns to imitate insects. It's better to learn styles to imitate different kinds of insects in certain stages, and then figure out which styles (like Comparadun for example) are suitable for which hatches. Then just tie something in that style using colors that seem to match the pictures.

Anyway, the short answer is no -- there aren't any fly pattern/recipes on this site. There are lots of other sites which cover that pretty well already.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Gid
Lithuania,East Europe

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Gid on Nov 3, 2006November 3rd, 2006, 6:52 am EST

big thanks then,for answer.

Shawnny3
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Pleasant Gap, PA

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Shawnny3 on Nov 3, 2006November 3rd, 2006, 10:39 am EST

"I'm not a big believer in using fly patterns to imitate insects."

Taken out of context, this is a pretty funny statement, especially from you, Jason. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

-Shawn

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Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Nov 3, 2006November 3rd, 2006, 1:42 pm EST

I seem to be on a streak of making statements that sound all wrong out of context... :)

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

GONZO
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"Bear Swamp," PA

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GONZO on Nov 3, 2006November 3rd, 2006, 3:48 pm EST

Jason,

You'll notice that I showed even more restraint on this one than the last one. As the trout say, "Once bitten...."

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Nov 12, 2006November 12th, 2006, 2:40 am EST

Pretty funny

Sorry Jason
Lol
Jad

They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
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