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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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Updates from August 4, 2004

Updates from August 4, 2004

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Miscellaneous Wisconsin in Wisconsin

Female Stenonema modestum (Heptageniidae) (Cream Cahill) Mayfly Spinner from unknown in Wisconsin
This one was collected in in association with this male. It looks quite different, but that's often the case between spinner genders.
Male Stenonema modestum (Heptageniidae) (Cream Cahill) Mayfly Spinner from unknown in Wisconsin
Here's a goofy picture of a Caenis dun falling off the back of a leaf, never to be seen again.  These mayflies are very tiny and fragile, and very hard to capture and photograph without damaging. This little dun hatched from the nymph in a tub of nymphs while I was picking through for aquatic specimens to photograph... I grabbed the leaf it hatched onto and tried to take some pictures but it got away after about half a picture.

Female Caenis (Caenidae) (Angler's Curse) Mayfly Dun from unknown in Wisconsin

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