Troutnut Forum > Specimen Discussion > Family ID for this one?
The Specimen
Isoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly Adult
View 10 PicturesSeveral stoneflies of this species were flying around a small stream last night. I tied on a brown drake imitation of about the right size/color to approximate these stones, and was rewarded with a hard-fighting 17-inch brown trout.
View 10 PicturesSeveral stoneflies of this species were flying around a small stream last night. I tied on a brown drake imitation of about the right size/color to approximate these stones, and was rewarded with a hard-fighting 17-inch brown trout.Region: Northeast
Collected Jul 7, 2006
Added Jul 8, 2006
The Discussion
| Troutnut | July 30th, 2006, 10:49 am | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1435 | I haven't had time to look through my stonefly keys yet. It's a pretty small yellow fly, so I'm guessing Chloroperlidae, though I have no real reason to rule out Perlodidae. I've saved it in alcohol to key out under a microscope at some later date, but it'll be a while before I have time. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
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| Taxon | July 30th, 2006, 3:24 pm | |
| Mercer Island, WA Posts: 714 | Jason- Likely Isoperla, perhaps I. bilineata. | |
| Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com | ||
| Troutnut | July 30th, 2006, 3:58 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1435 | Ok, I'll move it over to Isoperla for now. According to Swisher and Richards, bilineata is an olive and brown species, so I don't think it's that one. This one is distinctly yellow; the brown accents are exaggerated a bit in the photo processing because it just looks so cool. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
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