This is the famous Salmonfly, and is the largest species of all mayflies, stoneflies or caddisflies hatching on any western river, up to 3 inches long. In late-May to early July, adults are hatching and providing trout fisherman with exciting dry-fly fishing on the surface are fairly weak fliers and are very conspicuous by their size and erratic flight over the river making them easy pickings for feeding trout or insect feeding birds. The Giant Salmonfly range throughout the western united states.
Last year, I tied up some Extended Body Salmon Flies for a friend of mine headed to the Madison and had great success with them, so now he’s asking for more for this year. I tied up a 1/2 doz. a few weeks ago and he’s already asking for more … Damn, LOL. The flies I sent him last year had Synthetic Speckled Wing Material for the wing and he said the big browns were shredding that wing material, so I tried some new – Car Window Tint Material, it’s very durable.
