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.

This is one of the many shallow, unnamed lakes in the Arctic coastal plain near the Dalton Highway.

From Dalton Highway in Alaska

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Ventral view of a Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.

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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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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 1, 2015April 1st, 2015, 1:01 pm EDT

It is an awesome vehicle! I don't push it but have taken many corners at 50 mph and a couple of times drifted the ass end out while going around a tight corner. I'm always afraid of getting a speeding ticket so lift my right foot at 100 mph. I'm hitting 85 mph in 3rd gear before it redlines - 4th gear really pulls well, fifth is less potent and 6th is basically an overdrive gear.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Apr 3, 2015April 3rd, 2015, 7:14 pm EDT

If I actually thought my undergraduate degree in psychology was worth anything I might think you were compensating here Matt...passive aggressive or some such...As long as the intent is "friendly" I guess we'll live with it.

:)

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

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 3, 2015April 3rd, 2015, 8:36 pm EDT

I'm always friendly. But since you are throwing it out there what do you think I'm compensating for?

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Apr 4, 2015April 4th, 2015, 7:00 am EDT

It's a friggin joke Matt. I'm just following your new mantra:

I don't like to just go with the flow anymore. If I see some comment that interests me I will possibly respond and maybe with a flip comment. A little friendly friction makes these forums more interesting.

Spence

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 4, 2015April 4th, 2015, 12:40 pm EDT

Okay, friggin lighten up, I thought only I had the droll sense of humor.

I'm going to go back to my old ways no more sarcasm, flipedness, crankiness, or wiseacreness. From now just Mr. Nice Guy. Seriously.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Apr 4, 2015April 4th, 2015, 3:50 pm EDT

I'll tell you what's being compensated for. Lack of fishing opportunities...;) We're almost there!

"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 4, 2015April 4th, 2015, 4:50 pm EDT

Yes, thank goodness for the melting snow and slightly warmer days. Before long, I'm thinking very late April, there will be Hendricksons on the Catskill rivers and earlier on central PA waters.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter at church and with our families.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

TKB

Pennsylvania

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TKB on Apr 5, 2015April 5th, 2015, 7:11 am EDT

Mostly meat flys

Catskilljon
Upstate NY

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Catskilljon on Apr 9, 2015April 9th, 2015, 5:58 pm EDT

Some nymphs...Atherton 1's,2's and 3's on long shank hooks...

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These nymphs are classic and fish great. CJ

TKB

Pennsylvania

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TKB on Apr 29, 2015April 29th, 2015, 12:53 pm EDT

trying this again....

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 29, 2015April 29th, 2015, 4:55 pm EDT

Pretty. Are they Mustad 9672's? What material are you using for the wing case?

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Apr 29, 2015April 29th, 2015, 8:59 pm EDT

Looks like 9672's and jungle cock on some and mylar on the others. Nice dubbing work.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 30, 2015April 30th, 2015, 3:05 am EDT

Catskilljon,

Those barbs look like harpoons! I really like those flies. I'd like half a dozen to display in my nymph box.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Apr 30, 2015April 30th, 2015, 4:34 pm EDT

Yeah those old style hooks when overboard with the barbs. Very little barb is needed, if at all. This is true with conventional lures too. I mash down the barbs on all my soft plastics, topwaters and crankbaits. The only lures I keep a barb on are heavier lipless cranks (micro-barbs) and jigs. All my flies are barbless.

Catskilljon
Upstate NY

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Catskilljon on Apr 30, 2015April 30th, 2015, 4:43 pm EDT

They are vintage Herters nymph hooks, #12 around 3X long. The old hooks did have huge barbs! I have some allcock dry fly hooks with barbs as big as the point...those handmade hooks were something else.

The wingcase is kingfisher, from the secondary wing quills. Atherton used kingfisher, and later Darbee recommended blue floss. I like the taper of the wing slips, though they are short and tricky to set right.

Thanks guys, these flies work well, especially that #1 with the JC wingcases. CJ

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Apr 30, 2015April 30th, 2015, 5:35 pm EDT

Kingfisher... Of course! Mylar? Doh! Apologies CJ! :0

Planettrout

Los Angeles, CA / Pullman, WA

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Planettrout on May 2, 2015May 2nd, 2015, 6:18 am EDT

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DB AMBER WOBBLE-RITE CADDIS PUPA – Daiichi 1250, #12 – #16… a variation of Paul LaFonte's - the recipe for the original pattern may be found in Solomon and Leiser’s “The Caddis and the Angler” ppgs. #.84 -#.88...

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