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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.

I like this one. Glacial river, taiga, tundra, and the perpetual ice cover of a massive high ridge dozens of miles away in the Wrangell Mountains. From the Copper River in Alaska

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Male Ephemerella excrucians (Pale Morning Dun) Mayfly Dun
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Lateral view of a Male Ephemerella excrucians (Ephemerellidae) (Pale Morning Dun) Mayfly Dun from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
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Collected July 30, 2020 from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho and added by Troutnut on August 17, 2020
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Martinlf on Sep 5, 2020September 5th, 2020, 3:22 pm EDT
Love the ventral photo. One guide ties duns with green abdomens and a bit of orange in the thorax. I see why now. Super photos.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Troutnut on Sep 6, 2020September 6th, 2020, 1:45 pm EDT
Thanks. I've been tying some that way too for next time I run across this hatch.
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