Salmon fly patterns
Salmon fly patterns (not to be confused with flies for Atlantic Salmon) are an important collection of artificial flies used by fly anglers to imitate nymphal and adult forms of Pteronarcys californica a giant stonefly or salmon fly. Salmon flies are common in high gradient, freestone rivers and streams from Western Canada throughout the Western U.S. to Mexico in the Rocky Mountains and coastal mountain ranges. Nymphs live for three to five years before adult emergence which typically occurs in late Spring or early summer.[1] The long lifespan of the nymphal form provides year-round angling opportunities for fly anglers.
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Nymph
Emerging Adult
Adult
Adult imitative patterns
- Bird's Stonefly
- Fluttering Orange Stone
- Foam Stone
- Jug Head
- MacSalmon
- Rainy's Stonefly
- Sofa Pillow Improved
As described in Trout Country Flies (2002), Bruce Staples[3]
- Bar-X Stone
- Bing's Fluttering Stone
- Boehme Salmonfly
- Buck's Stonefly
- Bunyan Bug
- Doc's Stonefly
- Fluttering Stonefly
- Henry's Fork Salmonfly
- Jacklin Giant Salmonfly
- LC Moose
- Marcella's Trout Fly
- Montana Stone (Charlie Brooks)
- Nature Stone Dry
- Parks' Salmonfly
- Picket Pin
- Sofa Pillow
- Stonefly Adult
- Super Sofa Pillow
- Troth Salmon Fly
As described in Yellowstone Country Flies (2013), Walter J. Wiese[4]
- Prom Queen Salmonfly
Sofa Pillow
Fluttering Stone
Foam Stone
Prom Queen
Parks’ Salmon Fly
Bunyan Bug
Henry's Fork Salmonfly
Adult attractor patterns
As described in Flies for Trout (1993), Dick Stewart & Farrow Allen[2]
- Stimulator
As described in Trout Country Flies (2002), Bruce Staples[3]
- Abbey
- Dry Muddler
- Madam X
- Bloody Butcher
Bloody Butcher
Nymph patterns
- Bett's Stonefly Nymph
- Box Canyon Stone
- Brook's Montana Stone
- Girdle Bug
- Kaufmann Black Stone
- Montana Nymph
- Rubber Legs
- Superfly Swannundaze Stonefly Nymph
- Terrible Troth
- Whitlock Black Stone
As described in Trout Country Flies (2002), Bruce Staples[3]
- Bitch Creek Nymph
- Birdwell Woven Stonefly Nymph
- Chapman Stonefly Nymph
- Giant Black Nature Nymph
- Grove's Stonefly Nymph
- Jacklin Giant Stonefly Nymph
- Henry's Fork Stonefly Nymph
- Madison River Nymph
- Marabug
- Soufal
- Thexton Black Stone
- Wood's Super Stonefly
As described in Yellowstone Country Flies (2013), Walter J. Wiese[4]
- Minch's Black Stone
As described in Fly Patterns-Tie Thousands of Flies (2008), Randall and Mary Kaufmann[5]
- B-Yotch Creek, GB
- Brett's Black Stone
- Braided Stone, Delectable Flash Back Big Red
- FFS Brown Stone
- Schlotter's Dark Glimmer Stone
- Chocklett's Black Gummy Stone
Brooks Montana Stone
Minch's Black Stonefly Nymph
Kaufmann Black Stone
Rubber Legs
Montana Nymph
Box Canyon Stone
Bitch Creek Nymph
Notes
- Elder, J. A. and Gaufin, A. R. (1973). "Notes on the occurrence and distribution of Pteronarcys californica Newport (Plecoptera) within streams". Great Basin Naturalist. 33: 218–220.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Stewart, Dick; Allen, Farrow (1993). Flies for Trout. North Conway, NH: Mountain Pond Publishing. ISBN 0936644141.
- Staples, Bruce (2002). Trout Country Flies - From Greater Yellowstone Area Masters. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications. ISBN 1571882480.
- Wiese, Walter J. (2013). Yellowstone Country Flies-The Fly Patterns of Parks' Fly Shop. Gardiner, MT: Walter J. Wiese.
- Kaufmann, Randall; Kaufmann, Mary (2008). Fly Patterns-Tie Thousands of Flies. Moose, WY: Western Fisherman Press. pp. 28–129. ISBN 9781885212238.
