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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.

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
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.
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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Flyman2
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Flyman2 on Jan 21, 2015January 21st, 2015, 6:44 pm EST
Has anyone used pseudo marabou? If so, did it work well? How did it tie? Does it move well in the water?
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Wbranch on Jan 22, 2015January 22nd, 2015, 2:28 am EST
Never heard of it and since authentic marabou is so cheap, and effective, why would you want to use something else?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
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Roguerat on Jan 22, 2015January 22nd, 2015, 10:01 am EST
The only thing that comes to mind is 'chickabou', a natural material and pretty much the same as marabou...

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Kschaefer3 on Jan 22, 2015January 22nd, 2015, 10:05 am EST
Never heard of it and since authentic marabou is so cheap, and effective, why would you want to use something else?

I agree, and use authentic marabou...a lot! The reason one may want to use sythetics would be durability. Many folks I know who tie with a lot of synthetics state that durability is a main factor.

That said, I have never used synthetic marabou, and doubt it can have the same movement as authentic marabou.

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