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Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Blue-winged Olives
Baetis

Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.
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Red Heptagenia? [Page: 1, 2]
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Jul 23, 2011
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Cinygma mayflies
Jul 15, 2011 by Bnewell in genus Cinygma
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Jul 19, 2011
by Entoman
2 tails or 3
Feb 5, 2010 by Snagy in species Stenonema vicarium
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Feb 6, 2010
by Taxon
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Mar 24, 2009
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Oct 4, 2007
by Troutnut
egg sack color
May 18, 2007 by LittleJ in family Heptageniidae
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May 20, 2007
by LittleJ
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Mar 13, 2007
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cahills
Nov 25, 2006 by LittleJ in genus Stenacron
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Dec 1, 2006
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Synonym of vitreus
Oct 4, 2006 by GONZO in genus Epeorus
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