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.

Middle Fork Snoqualmie

From the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River in Washington

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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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FredH

Lake Charles , Louisiana

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FredH on Nov 15, 2012November 15th, 2012, 2:34 am EST

This is tied on a size #18 and it has ginger colored pice of spanflex tied into the carapace to mimic the ones I see where I fish. What size and color are the most common where you fish?

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Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

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Gutcutter on Nov 15, 2012November 15th, 2012, 12:50 pm EST

I'll take a dozen. Opaque gray. Size 18

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Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Nov 16, 2012November 16th, 2012, 5:50 pm EST

Beautiful fly, Fred. You captured the transparency of the natural very well. Anglers whose opinions I value and who also have experience with this critter tell me that this characteristic is the most important one to imitate. My understanding is that they look virtually clear in the water. Apparently, the duller versions with a lot of white don't work as well.

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FredH

Lake Charles , Louisiana

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FredH on Nov 17, 2012November 17th, 2012, 6:01 pm EST

Thank you Sir , I appreciate the comment.
Fred

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