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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Dorsal view of a Ephemerella mucronata (Ephemerellidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.

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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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hello fly fishers

Mayfly47
ilion ny

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Mayfly47 on Mar 27, 2014March 27th, 2014, 6:09 am EDT

just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Charlie. looking forward to meeting you guys and talking about fly fishing. I started fly fishing in 1959 and still crazy about it. I grew up on pine creek in penn but in have lived in ny for the last 30 years.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Mar 27, 2014March 27th, 2014, 7:57 am EDT

Hi Charlie,

Welcome to Troutnut. Great bunch of guys here to chat to about fly fishing or bugs. Where do you live in NY? Are you anywhere close to the Delaware River?

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Mayfly47
ilion ny

Posts: 5

Mayfly47 on Mar 27, 2014March 27th, 2014, 9:14 am EDT

hi wbranch, thanks for the welcome. I live about hour and a half north of the Delaware but I've been there a few times. I live in small town called ilion, its the home of Remington arms. I do most of my fishing on the west Canada creek and the black river. both are great trout fishing, mostly browns. the west Canada has a trophy section five or six miles long and I have taken a lot of slammers there. im planning a trip to pa this summer to fish pine creek and hope to make it to big kettle creek for a day or two. how about you, were do you do most of your fishing?

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Mar 27, 2014March 27th, 2014, 10:22 am EDT

I do most of my fishing on the west Canada creek

I know a fellow named Artie Loomis who also fishes West Canada Creek and has caught some very nice browns there. I need to make a trip thee someday in 2014. I mostly fish the West Branch of the Delaware as well as the main stem and the East Branch of the Delaware'

I live in PA and just wanted to mention that both Pine Creek and Big Kettle Creek are primarily stocked trout with very little naturally appearing wild fish. Also both warm up quite quickly once the air temperatures start to rise.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Al514

Central New York

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Al514 on Mar 28, 2014March 28th, 2014, 3:55 am EDT

Hey Charlie, check your private messages.

Mayfly47
ilion ny

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Mayfly47 on Mar 28, 2014March 28th, 2014, 5:00 am EDT

hi artie, last summer all the hatches were a little later them normal do high cold water. but all and all it was a good season for me. I fished mostly with nymphs through april, may, june and did very well. looking forward to a good summer. hope to meet you on the river sometime. tight lines.

Roguerat

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Roguerat on Mar 28, 2014March 28th, 2014, 11:21 am EDT

Welcome, Charlie!

I was all of 5 years old in '59 so you've got some experience behind you...but its guys like you who encourage 'kids' like me to better themselves.
We're all crazy about fly-fishing, no matter how or when we started though.

tight lines, and keep posting stuff...its all good!

Roguerat

I Peter 5:7 'Cast your cares upon Him...'

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Mar 28, 2014March 28th, 2014, 5:33 pm EDT

Hey Roguerat...You and I born in 54? Great year. :)

Welcome Charlie...Come on in, the waters fine. :) I think we can handle at least one more once-upon-a-time PA Boy on this site. The place is crawling with them. :)

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