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 one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
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Wbranch on Apr 20, 2015April 20th, 2015, 7:30 am EDT
I had tentative plans to go out today for 2-3 days fishing the LJ. I had a doctor appointment early and was going to leave at 11:00. I decided to call Spruce Creek Outfitters and a guy told me the stream is totally blown out and was at 1100 cfs the last time he looked. He also said no Grannoms yet and to give him a call later in the week. Guess I'll be stuck fishing locally this week.
Edit on current cfs flow - 1650
Edit on current cfs flow - 1650
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Martinlf on Apr 20, 2015April 20th, 2015, 6:33 pm EDT
We just may miss them this year, unless it comes down fast. And this evening's storms put it back up. Oh well, can't do much about the weather.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell
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