Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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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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From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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Dubbing Loop nymphs

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From the left down; most of row 2, all of row 3 & 4 and seven flies in row 5 have loop spun thoraxes.

From the top down; five flies in row #3 have loop spun thoraxes, the two flies on the left in row #4, the first five flies on the left of row #6, and the first three black stones ion the left in row #7. The other three have black Estaz thoraxes. The legs of the first three of row #7 are black Krystal Flash.

Wbranch

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Wbranch on Apr 24, 2012April 24th, 2012, 6:49 pm EDT

Since I've never been able to solve the problem as to why the pics I UL to my posts show up only as thumbnail size I have to use this section to show my pics.

This pics are related to the thread about "the dubbing debate2: to spin or loop"

Many of the thoraxes on these nymphs was created with a dubbing loop.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Entoman

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Entoman on Apr 24, 2012April 24th, 2012, 9:19 pm EDT

I like, Matt. Very nice!

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Jesse on Apr 25, 2012April 25th, 2012, 5:58 am EDT

Good looking my man time to go wack'um an stack'um!

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PaulRoberts on Apr 25, 2012April 25th, 2012, 7:11 am EDT

Awesome.

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Orn on Apr 25, 2012April 25th, 2012, 11:49 am EDT

Fantastic looking nymphs, will definitely catch fish!

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 25, 2012April 25th, 2012, 3:06 pm EDT

Thanks guys! Jesse I might have pretty nymphs but I no longer nymph for trout, in the traditional sense. Where I fish in the East and when I go to MT in July, there is no need to ever consider nymphing. All those nymphs and about three other fly boxes were tied pretty much just for Great Lakes creeks and steelhead.

I do sometimes trail a little #18 BH on a piece of 5X about 6" long behind my dry in MT.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

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Softhackle on Apr 25, 2012April 25th, 2012, 3:19 pm EDT

These are wonderfully done.

Mark

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Martinlf on Jan 8, 2013January 8th, 2013, 3:17 pm EST

Some cool flies for winter tiers to consider.

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Roguerat

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Roguerat on Jan 10, 2013January 10th, 2013, 12:26 pm EST

Wbranch-

GREAT looking flies! This gives me inspiration to go back to the bench and improve my skills.

The Roguerat

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Wbranch

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Wbranch on Jan 10, 2013January 10th, 2013, 1:05 pm EST

Roguerat,

"GREAT looking flies!"

Thank you Sir!

I started tying again on Monday. I reviewed all my Catskill & Montana boxes, well over 4,000 flies, and decided that other than a dozen caddis pupa and some PMD emergers I really don't need to tie any more flies. However I probably will tie another 200 or so by the end of March just to keep busy during the day.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Roguerat

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Roguerat on Jan 10, 2013January 10th, 2013, 1:15 pm EST

Wbranch-

I've only been tying small flies for 4 years now, before that I was 100% bass-bugs and Pike flies...Dahlberg Divers, Hair-poppers and all.

I figure my learning curve is still headed 'up' and your description of materials, techniques, and the close-up pics are a great tutorial.

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Wbranch

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Wbranch on Jan 10, 2013January 10th, 2013, 2:33 pm EST

Roguerat,

If you want any specifics about those flies, dubbing loop bodies, or most any fly tying question PM me and I'll try and answer it for you.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

JOHNW