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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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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Angler's Curses
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Mayfly Family Caenidae
These are often called Angler's Curses.
The tiny mayflies of this family are usually found in warm, slow, marginal trout water, although some trout streams hold good populations too.
The only genus ever known to produce fishable hatches is Caenis. It turns up frequently for anglers who sample nymphs, but it is rarely of any practical importance for fly fishing because its emergence traits and tiny size (even smaller than Tricorythodes) make it relatively unimportant.
Brachycercus is even more focused on warm water than Caenis.
The only genus ever known to produce fishable hatches is Caenis. It turns up frequently for anglers who sample nymphs, but it is rarely of any practical importance for fly fishing because its emergence traits and tiny size (even smaller than Tricorythodes) make it relatively unimportant.
Brachycercus is even more focused on warm water than Caenis.
I confirmed the identity of this nymph by looking at it under a microscope to be certain of the shape of its gills and head.
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