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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I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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Johncl on Jun 26, 2014June 26th, 2014, 11:34 am EDT
Just registered a couple days ago looks like a nice forum. I've been fly fishing for more years then I care to admit but never as often as I'd like. Born and raised on the east coast and most of my fishing time has been spent on New Hampshire rivers and ponds. Have done a little fishing in Vermont on the Battenkill and other streams. Spent some time in Southern Cal fished in northern cal and Oregon. Now I'm back to my beloved New Hampshire and wondering if anyone here on the forum fishes in my neck of the woods?
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Feathers5 on Jun 27, 2014June 27th, 2014, 5:52 am EDT
Hi John, and welcome from Pennsylvania. This is a knowledgeable board with nice people. Enjoy.
Gus on Jun 27, 2014June 27th, 2014, 12:57 pm EDT
That's where I started as well but now I'm fishing southern Oregon and northern California.
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CaseyP on Jun 30, 2014June 30th, 2014, 7:50 am EDT
just back from my now annual trip with my sister to Pittsburg. i taught her to fish and she taught me to kayak and now we go north, just us ladies, every June. BTW, the fish in Boundary Pond are numerous, willing, and now occasionally large-ish. the road in, however, is a complete mess so we had the pond to ourselves...take your largest truck! looks like they fixed the dam at Scott Bog last year, but we only saw fingerlings. too much rain for kayaking this year; we beat the Trophy Stretch to death instead and gave East Inlet a miss. Back Lake was its usual mixed bag with gorgeous sunsets and a million friendly anglers.
so the rest of you folks now know about another really swell place, just in case your list was getting a little short. :-)
so the rest of you folks now know about another really swell place, just in case your list was getting a little short. :-)
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Oldredbarn on Jun 30, 2014June 30th, 2014, 3:25 pm EDT
Hello John and welcome...Greetings from Dee-Troy-it. :) Just a short half-block away from "8 Mile". :)
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Johncl on Jul 1, 2014July 1st, 2014, 1:25 am EDT
Thanks for the welcome guys.
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