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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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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I don't know how this slipped by me!!!

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Mar 18, 2013March 18th, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyu6x792rT4

Our own Mark "Softhackle" Libertone is now international! Hans Weilenmann has a tying demo of Mark's Lil' Dorothy on his site and mentions him as the originator! By name...

Wow! Way to go Libertone! Will you still speak with us mere plebs here on Troutnut? :)

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PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Mar 19, 2013March 19th, 2013, 7:10 am EDT

Neat! Thanks for posting it.

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Mar 19, 2013March 19th, 2013, 9:35 am EDT

I love it. Cool post, great fly.

Sayfu
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Sayfu on Mar 20, 2013March 20th, 2013, 6:15 am EDT

Mark would just cringe at my bastardized soft hackle that I have been tying lately, and dying to try out. I use my dependable bead at the head, and then place in some micro rubber legs behind the bead the flex floss type that become the caddis pupa horns that hang back, after I dub the body then the soft hackle of a sage grouse that has some beautiful prominent barred hackle.
Fortunately for we fly anglers there are folks like Mark that retain the tradition. Good for Mark, and I always take the time to enjoy Hans Weilenmann.