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 dun emerged from a mature nymph on my desk. Unfortunately its wings didn't perfectly dry out.
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Crepuscular on Mar 27, 2013March 27th, 2013, 5:31 pm EDT
Well the Hendricksons have started here. there were enough today to get the fish eating. I collected some and brought them home. here is a male.
Oldredbarn on Mar 27, 2013March 27th, 2013, 8:08 pm EDT
Well the Hendricksons have started here. there were enough today to get the fish eating. I collected some and brought them home.
...to eat yourself I suppose? :) Maybe as pets...
By-the-way, mister...Your Habs won in OT...:)
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Troutnut on Mar 27, 2013March 27th, 2013, 11:48 pm EDT
NICE photo!
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
TNEAL on Mar 28, 2013March 28th, 2013, 3:58 am EDT
makes it easier to think spring while I'm looking out the window at our snow covered ground.................
Crepuscular on Mar 28, 2013March 28th, 2013, 4:32 am EDT
Well the Hendricksons have started here. there were enough today to get the fish eating. I collected some and brought them home.
...to eat yourself I suppose? :) Maybe as pets...
By-the-way, mister...Your Habs won in OT...:)
Spence
Yes they did! and so what if I snack on a red quill every now and then. I want to know what they taste like, I flavor my dubbings...
Crepuscular on Mar 28, 2013March 28th, 2013, 4:34 am EDT
NICE photo!
Thanks Jason. I lucked out, no planning there, just put the little bugger on a shiny black piece of plastic which had a black computer screen behind it and snapped away...
Oldredbarn on Mar 28, 2013March 28th, 2013, 5:33 pm EDT
Yes they did! and so what if I snack on a red quill every now and then. I want to know what they taste like, I flavor my dubbings...
That is funny! :) I hope it never comes to that...I'm nit-picky enough with my dubbing mixes...Flavoring is going to put me over the top.
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Gutcutter on Mar 30, 2013March 30th, 2013, 5:45 am EDT
...I want to know what they taste like, I flavor my dubbings...
They taste like chicken
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