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 specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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Jmd123 on Oct 14, 2019October 14th, 2019, 6:24 am EDT
" There is something to be said for hiking up 2-3 miles and fishing with the call of elk in the background. I'm just happy and blessed the place is there to go to when city life has me hemmed in."
It is restorative to the soul. That's why I live up here in northern lower MI, where I have spectacular fall colors out my back windows and twenty or so turkeys walking across the lawn out my front...for more see my latest post.
Enjoy your local nature and closest wildernesses, and tight lines on all species!
Jonathon
It is restorative to the soul. That's why I live up here in northern lower MI, where I have spectacular fall colors out my back windows and twenty or so turkeys walking across the lawn out my front...for more see my latest post.
Enjoy your local nature and closest wildernesses, and tight lines on all species!
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Jmd123 on Oct 14, 2019October 14th, 2019, 6:27 am EDT
BTW if you do pop a few of those rarer species or subspecies please take some nice pics before you free them! We would all love to see them on here.
Jonathon
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Red_green_h on Oct 14, 2019October 14th, 2019, 12:17 pm EDT
>BTW if you do pop a few of those rarer species or subspecies please take some nice pics before you free them! We would all love to see them on here.<
Click on my profile pic. It's one I caught last spring.
Click on my profile pic. It's one I caught last spring.
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