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 is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).
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Lpoke23 on Aug 25, 2020August 25th, 2020, 9:26 am EDT
has anyone fished the Pine River lately? Don't have a thermometer and was gonna try to get out tomorrow.
Roguerat on Aug 25, 2020August 25th, 2020, 11:42 pm EDT
Landon-
it's been a couple days on this so I'm taking a shot at it,
I'd suggest you look up local fly shops- if any in the area of this stream- and check their fishing reports for latest conditions etc.
Based on older correspondence and posts from WI anglers- along with some similarities with MI- I'd hazard that temps are higher and flows are lower, this is in keeping with the time of year and all...could be sketchy fishing.
If you got out I hope you hooked into something, and welcome to a most educational and friendly site- hope to hear more from you!
Roguerat
'Less is more...'
Ludwig Mies Vande Rohe
it's been a couple days on this so I'm taking a shot at it,
I'd suggest you look up local fly shops- if any in the area of this stream- and check their fishing reports for latest conditions etc.
Based on older correspondence and posts from WI anglers- along with some similarities with MI- I'd hazard that temps are higher and flows are lower, this is in keeping with the time of year and all...could be sketchy fishing.
If you got out I hope you hooked into something, and welcome to a most educational and friendly site- hope to hear more from you!
Roguerat
'Less is more...'
Ludwig Mies Vande Rohe
Falsifly on Aug 26, 2020August 26th, 2020, 12:10 am EDT
See if this might help. I've used it in the past but mainly for flow. It may take some time to figure out how to use it.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wi/nwis/rt
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wi/nwis/rt
Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Martinlf on Aug 26, 2020August 26th, 2020, 12:48 pm EDT
Hi Falsifly. Long time.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell