Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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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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From Titcomb Basin in Wyoming

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Ephemerella mucronata Mayfly Nymph Ephemerella mucronata Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Ephemerella mucronata (Ephemerellidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.

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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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Museline
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Museline on Jun 3, 2019June 3rd, 2019, 7:37 pm EDT

Hello, fellow anglers,
I am a part of a YouTube project with the aim of providing top-notch content to our viewers and there are no better people to ask for help than the viewers themselves.
No, I am not asking for you to subscribe, like, or share the content!! However, I would be very happy if you were to leave your honest opinion on our videos and where we could improve, that would be very appreciated.

F.Y.I. Most of the videos are not in English, however, all of the recent ones and all future ones will include ENGLISH SUBTITLES so everyone can enjoy the content.
We currently have 3 kinds of videos coming out, those being Fly Tying Tutorials, One Minute Ties (Short videos showing how to tie flies) and Fly Fishing adventures that focus on our fishing trips, here are some examples:

Fly Tying Tutorial:

One Minute Ties:

Fly Fishing Adventures:

What do you think of these concepts? Any ideas to improve?

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Jun 9, 2019June 9th, 2019, 8:54 am EDT

Hello museline,

I'm going to be 100% candid - there are thousands of very good fly tying video tutorials on YouTube in ENGLISH. I speak English, not Spanish, French,or any Middle European langauge. I don't care how good your videography is I personally have zero interest in viewing a foreign language fly tying video AND trying to keep up reading the English sub titles. I'd venture to bet not many English only readers will be subscribung to your new channel.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.