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

Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

This is one of the many shallow, unnamed lakes in the Arctic coastal plain near the Dalton Highway.

From Dalton Highway in Alaska

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Lateral view of a Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This dun emerged from a mature nymph on my desk. Unfortunately its wings didn't perfectly dry out.

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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 Jul 4, 2013July 4th, 2013, 11:57 am EDT

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Can anyone tell me if this is a darner or skimmer?

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Taxon

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Taxon on Jul 4, 2013July 4th, 2013, 3:29 pm EDT

Hi Fred-

The outline looks more like that of a Cruiser to me, but if the only choices I am given are Darner or Skimmer, I'd have to go with Skimmer. :-)

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FredH

Lake Charles , Louisiana

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FredH on Jul 4, 2013July 4th, 2013, 3:40 pm EDT

Yeah , I believe we have more species of skimmers than anything. Of course It might be an amberwing . Next time I'll take a photo with a coin or something to show scale.

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