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.

A beautiful braided reach of the Sag River, with the Philip Smith Mountains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the background.

From the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska

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Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

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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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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Flat Creek Jackson Wyoming

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Trnnflt

Jackson Wyoming

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Trnnflt on Jan 1, 2017January 1st, 2017, 10:58 pm EST

Saw this brown mayfly on my door the august morning i arrived in jackson hole at the Elk Refuge Hotel cross the road from flat creek in Jackson Hole.
I'm new to learning about these aquatic insects and wondered what this one is?

Millcreek
Healdsburg, CA

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Millcreek on Jan 2, 2017January 2nd, 2017, 3:29 am EST

Michael- It looks like a male subimago Callibaetis species.

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Taxon

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Plano, TX

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Taxon on Jan 2, 2017January 2nd, 2017, 3:31 am EST

Hi Michael-

I believe your avatar image to be that of a male subimago (dun) of genus Callibaetis, which is also known by the common name of Speckledwinged Dun, among numerous others.

Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com