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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.

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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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Agresens
Kinderhook, NY

Posts: 3
Agresens on Feb 20, 2019February 20th, 2019, 9:30 pm EST
Found this on 2/18/19 in the Kinderhook Creek, NY near Valatie, NY.

There were lots of "winter stoneflies" (Capniidae) around but this one looks different.

Any idea?

Thanks
Millcreek
Healdsburg, CA

Posts: 344
Millcreek on Feb 21, 2019February 21st, 2019, 2:00 pm EST
August - Might be an Isoperla. They're usually pretty distinctively marked but some aren't. Here's a link to one that looks similar.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/594434/bgpage
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Creno
Grants Pass, OR

Posts: 302
Creno on Feb 21, 2019February 21st, 2019, 3:09 pm EST
Another good place to look for determined images of immature aquatic insects is Bob Henricks pages - https://www.instagram.com/buddhabob2hanlubo/ and aquaticinsectsofcentralvirginia.blogspot.com

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