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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 Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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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Updates from July 13, 2003

Updates from July 13, 2003

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Miscellaneous Wisconsin and Bearsdale Springs in Wisconsin

Lateral view of a Cyprinidae (Minnow) Fish Adult from unknown in Wisconsin
Bluntnose Minnow
Pimephales notatus
Salmonidae (Trout, Salmon, and Whitefish) Fish Adult from unknown in Wisconsin
Brook Trout
Salvenilus fontinalis

This is a young of the year brook trout that I caught and released after a quick picture. I included it here since it's about of the size one might imitate with a streamer.

I apologize for the horrible quality of the picture; this was taken a year or two (and a camera or two) before I started Troutnut.com and learned how to do photography.
Lateral view of a Cyprinidae (Minnow) Fish Adult from Bearsdale Springs in Wisconsin
Finescale Dace
Phoxinus neogaeus

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