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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OldHasBeen on Sep 13, 2019September 13th, 2019, 8:39 am EDT
I'm looking for some advice, but others may benefit from this post with hunting season just around the corner...
Last weekend I helped a friend thin-out her chicken coup, and now I'm the proud owner of 11 capes & saddles. I have since skinned the birds; pinned them out (skin side up), & covered them Borax. It's been 5 days now, but there still seems to be a lot of "Oil" coming from some of the skins. I have read that washing the skins in "Naphtha" (camp stove fuel) is one way that some taxidermists treat oily skins, but I'm worried what it would do to the feathers. Any advice on the best way to dry out the skins?
Last weekend I helped a friend thin-out her chicken coup, and now I'm the proud owner of 11 capes & saddles. I have since skinned the birds; pinned them out (skin side up), & covered them Borax. It's been 5 days now, but there still seems to be a lot of "Oil" coming from some of the skins. I have read that washing the skins in "Naphtha" (camp stove fuel) is one way that some taxidermists treat oily skins, but I'm worried what it would do to the feathers. Any advice on the best way to dry out the skins?
Martinlf on Sep 14, 2019September 14th, 2019, 4:32 pm EDT
You might try scraping the hides to remove some of the fat on the skin side. I've bought necks that had a pad under them to absorb the oil. I don't think I'd wash them in Naptha--nor do I think the oil will be too detrimental in the long run. Borax may eventually soak a good bit of it up--keep changing it? Best of luck.
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OldHasBeen on Sep 15, 2019September 15th, 2019, 2:14 am EDT
Thanks for the reply Martinlf. Since this was posted I've been following the advice on this video..... so far-so good. I'll post on how it goes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x7C_xNEqGo
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