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 pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.
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Photos by Troutnut from the Cedar River in Washington
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Wbranch on Jul 24, 2017July 24th, 2017, 11:10 pm EDT
Any possibility this might have summer, or winter, run steelhead?
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Troutnut on Jul 25, 2017July 25th, 2017, 3:41 am EDT
It does have a steelhead population, but I don't think the river's open to fishing when they're in.
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Wbranch on Jul 28, 2017July 28th, 2017, 4:57 am EDT
Maybe they use it as a nursery to get eggs and milt.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Jmd123 on Jul 31, 2017July 31st, 2017, 10:11 am EDT
LOVE the sea-run cutts AND the places you are catching them! Keep the photos coming.
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Creno on Jul 31, 2017July 31st, 2017, 5:21 pm EDT
couple of those look like big-head fish not getting enough food. Maybe perspective........
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