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 seems to be a young larva of Limnephilus. Although not clear in the picture, several ventral abdominal segments have chloride epithelia.
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Wbranch on Jan 8, 2015January 8th, 2015, 2:04 pm EST
I guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholders! These guys are frequently waxing poetically about the "lovely fish". Maybe they don't have any other species. I'm a bit confused - the poster is from Viet Nam but I'm pretty sure the fish were caught in some lakes in England. The countryside surely looks more like what I'd expect inland England to look like and not the lush vegetation of tropical Viet Nam.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
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