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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.

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Limnephilus (Summer Flier Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Limnephilus (Summer Flier Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Case view of a Limnephilus (Limnephilidae) (Summer Flier Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

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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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Updates from March 31, 2007

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Rhyacophila fuscula (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Dorsal view of a Rhyacophila fuscula (Rhyacophilidae) (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Pycnopsyche (Great Autumn Brown Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Case view of a Pycnopsyche (Limnephilidae) (Great Autumn Brown Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Peltoperla (Roachfly) Stonefly Nymph

Peltoperla (Peltoperlidae) (Roachfly) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

I'm guessing this is an immature Peltoperla, because it lacks the well-developed setal fringe on the hind femora that would indicate Tallaperla, but it also lacks the dark spots that should indicate a mature Peltoperla nymph.

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Ephemerella invaria (Sulphur) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Ephemerella invaria (Ephemerellidae) (Sulphur) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Ameletus ludens (Brown Dun) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Ameletus ludens (Ameletidae) (Brown Dun) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Taenionema atlanticum (Willowfly) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Taenionema atlanticum (Taeniopterygidae) (Willowfly) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Acari (Mite) Arthropod Adult

This is the only picture in the set in which the mite was alive. I had to kill it in alcohol for the others, because it was scurrying around too much to stay in focus at the high zoom level needed to show some detail on such a tiny critter.

Dorsal view of a Acari (Mite) Arthropod Adult from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

These tiny little aquatic mites show up in my samples from time to time. This fairly large one is only about 1mm long, so these aren't relevant to trout, but it's interesting to know that they're down there, anyway.

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Baetis (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Isonychia bicolor (Mahogany Dun) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Isonychia bicolor (Isonychiidae) (Mahogany Dun) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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Updates from March 29, 2007

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Fall Creek in New York

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Paragnetina media (Embossed Stonefly) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Paragnetina media (Perlidae) (Embossed Stonefly) Stonefly Nymph from Fall Creek in New York

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Agnetina capitata (Golden Stone) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Agnetina capitata (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Nymph from Fall Creek in New York

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Simuliidae (Black Fly) True Fly Larva

Ventral view of a Simuliidae (Black Fly) True Fly Larva from Fall Creek in New York

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Tipulidae (Crane Fly) True Fly Larva

Dorsal view of a Tipulidae (Crane Fly) True Fly Larva from Fall Creek in New York

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Psilotreta labida (Dark Blue Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Case view of a Psilotreta labida (Odontoceridae) (Dark Blue Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from Fall Creek in New York

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Neophylax (Autumn Mottled Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Artistic view of a Neophylax (Thremmatidae) (Autumn Mottled Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from Fall Creek in New York

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Chimarra (Little Black Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

A small caddisfly larva. This golden larva belongs to the family Philopotamidae

Lateral view of a Chimarra (Philopotamidae) (Little Black Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from Fall Creek in New York

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Rhyacophila mainensis (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Rhyacophila mainensis (Rhyacophilidae) (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from Fall Creek in New York

This is the first Rhyacophila larva I've seen with this striking black banded appearance. I caught several larvae of this species in a fast riffle in a mid-sized trout stream.

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Updates from January 31, 2007

Closeup insects by Bnewell from Crazy Beaver Spring in Montana

Utacapnia distincta (Little Snowfly) Stonefly Nymph

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Utacapnia distincta (Capniidae) (Little Snowfly) Stonefly Nymph from Crazy Beaver Spring in Montana

Collected January 31, 2007 from Crazy Beaver Spring in Montana

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Collected January 31, 2007 from Crazy Beaver Spring in Montana and added by Bnewell on June 26, 2011

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Updates from January 12, 2007

Videos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #19 in Wisconsin

Winter trout at a spring creek's mouth

In mid-January I visited a spot where a heavily spring-fed tributary feeds into a river without much as much spring flow, creating an area of (in the winter) warmer water where hundreds of brookies were stacked up.

The video quality's as lousy as in all my early videos, but it's still amazing to see so many brook trout in such a small spot.

Shot on Jan 12, 2007 from Mystery Creek #19 in Wisconsin

Added by Troutnut on Jan 29, 2007