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 seems to lead to Couplet 35 of the Key to Genera of Perlodidae Nymphs and the genus Isoperla, but I'm skeptical that's correct based on the general look. I need to get it under the microscope to review several choices in the key, and it'll probably end up a different Perlodidae.
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Dryfly on Aug 20, 2007August 20th, 2007, 12:09 pm EDT
Southeast Minnesota was ravaged by floods this weekend. Their was an incredible 16 inches of rain in a 24 hour period in a town called Lewiston. Six people have died in the flood waters. There is one marginal stream that I'm very concerned about. It doesn't have very good natural reproduction to begin with and when i saw boulders 50 feet or more on the bank i don't think the trout could have done very well, let alone the streams invertabrate population.
http://www.startribune.com/10136/gallery/1371067.html
go to that page and check out some photos
http://www.startribune.com/10136/gallery/1371067.html
go to that page and check out some photos
BxRxTxK on Aug 20, 2007August 20th, 2007, 1:03 pm EDT
sorry to hear that...
good luck to all the MN heads out there...
good luck to all the MN heads out there...