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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Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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Crepuscular on Sep 3, 2013September 3rd, 2013, 5:34 am EDT
Well I guess summer is over. It was a busy, but good one. I got to fish with some fine Troutnutters, and that added some flavor to this summer. Spent some time on my local Cumberland Valley Spring Creeks this weekend. Tricos, terrestrials and Midges provided the dry fly action while I threw cress bugs to some pigs underneath. The fish were cooperative.
A nice 20"+ fish
A cress bug eating rainbow
A nice 20"+ fish
A cress bug eating rainbow
Jmd123 on Sep 3, 2013September 3rd, 2013, 12:46 pm EDT
Glad to see some of my fellow troutnuts posting beautiful photos of their latest fishing adventures! Some nice colorful fish you have there Sir! Thanks for sharing.
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Martinlf on Sep 3, 2013September 3rd, 2013, 2:09 pm EDT
The fish were cooperative.
Or, they succumbed to persuasion.
Beautiful pics.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
Oldredbarn on Sep 3, 2013September 3rd, 2013, 5:58 pm EDT
Louis...The lovely little spring creeks of the Cumberland figured they owed the boy one for having to put up with this Dutchman back in April. ;)
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"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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