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 seems to lead to Couplet 35 of the Key to Genera of Perlodidae Nymphs and the genus Isoperla, but I'm skeptical that's correct based on the general look. I need to get it under the microscope to review several choices in the key, and it'll probably end up a different Perlodidae.
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Crepuscular has attached these 2 pictures to aid in identification. The message is below.
Crepuscular on Feb 24, 2012February 24th, 2012, 10:13 am EST
Here is a crappy photo of the olives present on the letort recently
Entoman on Feb 24, 2012February 24th, 2012, 12:12 pm EST
Wished the hind wing was in better focus, but I'm thinking probably B. tricaudatus (prev. B. vagans), a male subimago.
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Oldredbarn on Feb 24, 2012February 24th, 2012, 12:18 pm EST
Kurt,
By any other name they would still taste as sweet...I'm getting tears in my eyes! I'm sitting here and these are already hatching in the stream somewhere! I better get cracking! :)
Now there's a gorgious color to match you hatch matcher! Thanks Eric!
Spence
By any other name they would still taste as sweet...I'm getting tears in my eyes! I'm sitting here and these are already hatching in the stream somewhere! I better get cracking! :)
Now there's a gorgious color to match you hatch matcher! Thanks Eric!
Spence
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Entoman on Feb 24, 2012February 24th, 2012, 4:22 pm EST
Me too, Spence...
Thanks for the second photo, Eric. I don't see anything in it that would change my mind. Cool photo by the way! Vibrant colors and an interestingly rustic looking background. I've been scratching my head trying to figure out what the critter is resting on.:)
Thanks for the second photo, Eric. I don't see anything in it that would change my mind. Cool photo by the way! Vibrant colors and an interestingly rustic looking background. I've been scratching my head trying to figure out what the critter is resting on.:)
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
Crepuscular on Feb 27, 2012February 27th, 2012, 10:00 am EST
Its on my vice, I thought the renzetti o-ring would give it away.
Entoman on Feb 27, 2012February 27th, 2012, 4:12 pm EST
Ah, I'm not all that familiar with Renzettis, other than seeing them in shops and catelogs. I can recognize them easily enough with the whole vice in view, but that isn't quite the same as a close-up photo or tying flies for years on one inches in front of my face.:)
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