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DayTripper	June 10th, 2008, 6:00 am
Albany, NY Posts: 35	Found a monster Salmonfly this weekend, just over 2.5" long. Not sure why, but I got some funny looks from the guys I was with when I started jumping for joy...
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Trtklr	June 10th, 2008, 7:26 am
Banned Michigan Posts: 115	are both of these salmonflies? I can't say I have seen such a bug, I live in michigan. The one on the bottom looks a little familiar but I could be thinking of something else. Of course the one on top looks like a colorful version of a hex.
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DayTripper	June 10th, 2008, 7:41 am
Albany, NY Posts: 35	The one on top is a Green Drake
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Troutnut	June 10th, 2008, 12:01 pm
The Admin Fairbanks, AK Posts: 2021	You've got the bottom bug (or something very much like it, in the same genus, Pteronarcys) in Michigan. They'll typically be out at night around the same time as the Hexes, but near more riffly habitat and in much, much smaller numbers.
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Jjlyon01	June 10th, 2008, 4:56 pm
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse Posts: 74	Where did you find that salmonfly? Did you find it somewhere near Albany? I have never seen one one the Battenkill or streams around it.
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69er	June 10th, 2008, 5:10 pm
Banned kilsyth Posts: 2	(insert ban-worthy vandalism here)
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DayTripper	June 10th, 2008, 6:44 pm
Albany, NY Posts: 35	No not around Albany(I wish). I was down on the West Branch of the Delaware over the weekend. I ran into the Salmonfly at a gas station in Hancock on the bank of the East Branch.
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Jjlyon01	June 11th, 2008, 4:20 pm
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse Posts: 74	Ah ya. It would be real nice to see a hatch up our way huh. I just wish I could be somewhere that had trout... I really miss catching trout in the Battenkill but I guess I can deal with the the 9lb largemouth and the alligator gar down in Texas for a few more weeks.
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DayTripper	June 11th, 2008, 6:44 pm
Albany, NY Posts: 35	I don't know how you do it :)
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