Troutnut.com Fly Fishing for Trout Home
User Password
or register.

Salmonflies

Scientific Name
MatchScientific Name
***Pteronarcyidae

This common name refers to only one family.

Stonefly Family Pteronarcyidae

These are often called Salmonflies.
The primary Salmonfly hatches from from Pteronarcys, especially the huge, famous western species Pteronarcys californica. See its page for details.

Pteronarcella is a smaller related genus which may occasionally be important.
Pteronarcys biloba (Knobbed Salmonfly) Stonefly NymphPteronarcys biloba (Knobbed Salmonfly) Stonefly NymphView 17 Pictures
Region: Catskills
Collected May 6, 2007
Added May 10, 2007
See 4 more specimens...
Top 10 Hatches
»
Baetidae
»
Ephemerellidae
»
Hexagenia limbata
»
Baetis
»
Heptageniidae
»
Isonychia
»
Hydropsychidae
»
Ephemerella
»
Chironomidae
»
Ephemerella subvaria
Top 5 Products
»
Troutnut.com Calendars
»
Be the trout. Eat mayflies.
»
I outfish my daddy!
»
I love buggers. Big, green, wooly ones.
»
Fisherman's Ruler: Who's to say how long an inch is, anyway?
Top 5 Specimens
»
Corydalus Hellgrammite Larva
»
Cultus Stonefly Nymph
»
Ephemera guttulata Mayfly Dun
»
Rhyacophila Caddisfly Pupa
»
Stictochironomus Midge Adult
Recent Updates
Last update July 19th, 2007.
»
New Specimen: Drunella doddsii Mayfly Dun
»
74 New Landscape/Trout Pictures
»
55 New Landscape/Trout Pictures
»
3 New Landscape/Trout Pictures
»
1 New Landscape/Trout Picture
»
New Specimen: Agnetina Stonefly Adult
»
New Specimen: Rhithrogena Mayfly Spinner
»
New Specimen: Maccaffertium terminatum Mayfly Dun
»
New Specimen: Maccaffertium terminatum Mayfly Spinner
»
New Specimen: Maccaffertium terminatum Mayfly Spinner
»
New Specimen: Drunella tuberculata Mayfly Dun
»
3 New Underwater Photos
»
New Streamside Picture of Drunella lata
»
65 New Landscape/Trout Pictures
»
13 New Underwater Photos
»
New Specimen: Paraleptophlebia Mayfly Dun
»
New Specimen: Ephemera guttulata Mayfly Spinner
»
New Specimen: Ephemerella needhami Mayfly Dun
»
New Specimen: Penelomax septentrionalis Mayfly Dun
»
New Specimen: Ephemera guttulata Mayfly Dun
Check out my friend & fishing partner Brad Bohen's Hayward Musky Guides website for fly fishing like you've never seen before! --Troutnut
Misc Websites