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 specimen appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
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Bcnorthfly on May 31, 2015May 31st, 2015, 8:15 pm EDT
So I have been fly fishing for just about 3 weeks now, have got my cast pretty good on my floating line and dry fly, but in a few weeks I will be gearing up to go to a bigger lake and want to either get sink tip line or sinking line, what should I get as a absolute noobie, and what are some do and don't, should I use a strike indicator or just go off feel, I have some wet flies and figured I would try some casts and holly. It was all over the place, is there any tricks to help with this. Any help at all would be much appreciated, thanks
Martinlf on Jun 3, 2015June 3rd, 2015, 5:34 am EDT
Bc, wish I knew more about sinking lines. I don't use them. Perhaps try someone at a fly shop, or do some more searching on the net.
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