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

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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.

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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.

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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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DayTripper

Northern MI

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DayTripper on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 2:00 am EDT

Found a monster Salmonfly this weekend, just over 2.5" long. Not sure why, but I got some funny looks from the guys I was with when I started jumping for joy...

Trtklr
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Trtklr on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 3:26 am EDT

are both of these salmonflies? I can't say I have seen such a bug, I live in michigan. The one on the bottom looks a little familiar but I could be thinking of something else. Of course the one on top looks like a colorful version of a hex.

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DayTripper

Northern MI

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DayTripper on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 3:41 am EDT

The one on top is a Green Drake

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Troutnut on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 8:01 am EDT

You've got the bottom bug (or something very much like it, in the same genus, Pteronarcys) in Michigan. They'll typically be out at night around the same time as the Hexes, but near more riffly habitat and in much, much smaller numbers.

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Jjlyon01
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Jjlyon01 on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 12:56 pm EDT

Where did you find that salmonfly? Did you find it somewhere near Albany? I have never seen one one the Battenkill or streams around it.

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69er on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 1:10 pm EDT

(insert ban-worthy vandalism here)

i think im a gehy persons

DayTripper

Northern MI

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DayTripper on Jun 10, 2008June 10th, 2008, 2:44 pm EDT

No not around Albany(I wish). I was down on the West Branch of the Delaware over the weekend. I ran into the Salmonfly at a gas station in Hancock on the bank of the East Branch.

Jjlyon01
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Jjlyon01 on Jun 11, 2008June 11th, 2008, 12:20 pm EDT

Ah ya. It would be real nice to see a hatch up our way huh. I just wish I could be somewhere that had trout... I really miss catching trout in the Battenkill but I guess I can deal with the the 9lb largemouth and the alligator gar down in Texas for a few more weeks.

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DayTripper

Northern MI

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DayTripper on Jun 11, 2008June 11th, 2008, 2:44 pm EDT

I don't know how you do it :)