Yellow Sallys

[Adam Grace]

Does anyone have pictures of little yellow sallys? Also what average size would you say that most of the sallys that you've seen have been? For my they have been a #16 or #14.

Here a few of my own sally pictures:


Found on the Yuba


Found on Butte Creek


Found on th McCloud, from my last trip.

Notice the differences in colors, the sizes are also different yet without a reference object next to the insect to show scale these pictures cannot effectively show you guys.

[JT]

I've noticed a wide range of sizes and colors as well on the waters that I fish. On Putah, they have a bright orange-red abdomen. On other waters they are bright yellow. In some places they are more golden. We group them all under the name "Yellow Sally," but they must different species. The second picture that you posted also has different wings. They don't overlap and lay flat against the back like other stoneflies. Were the wings still drying? The wing and longer prothorax make it look sort of like a snakefly (terrestrial insect that lives near water).

[Adam Grace]

JT, that bug was still drying, the shuck was right behind it...it was a stonefly.

[troutbm]

Most yellow sallies I see are about #14 to #18.

[DonCooksey]

Adam: Here is one, I think, from the South Fork of the Snake last summer. They were pretty small, #14 or #16, I would guess. Not many of them, however. The fish were happy to hit big dry bugs or dropper nymphs all day.