Golden stone - Perlidae Acroneuria - Pine Creek - Tioga County

[sandfly]

stone fly-Perlidae Acroneuria -- Golden Stone
Found Pine creek
size 8

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

Stonefly, Penns creek April 2009

 

[Fishidiot]

Neat!
I've always been fascinated by the color patterns on golden stones' wing cases and thorax. Although these two came from streams not that far apart, their color patterns are decidedly different. The upper one posted by Sandfly looks more typical of what I seem to see on most stones.

 

[pcray1231]

Golden stones are real tough to get an exact ID on.

The name golden stone itself is synonymous with the Perlidae family. Meaning, all Perlidae's are pretty much always called golden stones, and all golden stones fall within that family.

But there are 18 different genera, and upwards of 50 species. They are typically found together in the same locations with similar habits. But the markings do vary by species, and are fairly consistent within a species.

Sandfly's ID is about as good as I could do. He gives the family-genus, which narrows it down to 15 species.

 

[jayL]

The goldens on the yellowstone largely resemble sandfly's pic. I am with Dave... Always enjoyed the patterns on goldens.

 

[blackandgold4ever05]

Thanks for posting guys. This is by far my go-to fly on Penns Creek!

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

I like that pattern. I tie mine with a woven body.

 

[Heritage-Angler]

Good stuff. I like to weave mine too....

 

[sandfly]

A few more of the Perlidae family:
An egg case from a female and a size 12 hook.

 

[sandfly]

I tie these:
change color and size for different species;

 

[outsider]

Great pictures sandfly.

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

This is my pattern for golden stones.

 

[skybay]

Heritage A, This is a nice golden stone you produced!

 

[wsender]

Heritage-Angler wrote:
Good stuff. I like to weave mine too....

You sir do not tie very good flies...

What material are the legs? Wood duck flanks?

 

[Heritage-Angler]

wsender wrote:
You sir do not tie very good flies...

What material are the legs? Wood duck flanks?

That fly wasn't done - I forgot to brush out the dubbing on the underside of the thorax. Oooops. Maybe that was why it was still on the bench, and convenient to photograph. :lol:

The legs are partridge.

 

[sandfly]

couple stones for the olives here;

 

[sandfly]

and more goldens;