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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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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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Updates from August 8, 2011
Updates from August 8, 2011
Underwater photos by Bnewell from the Touchet River in Washington
Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Touchet River in Washington
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Oldredbarn on Aug 10, 2011August 10th, 2011, 9:42 am EDT
Bob,
Nice pics! I love those Drunella! They look like they could knock around just about any other aquatic insect...Like they have been "bulking up" in the weight room.
Spence
Nice pics! I love those Drunella! They look like they could knock around just about any other aquatic insect...Like they have been "bulking up" in the weight room.
Spence
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Troutnut on Aug 10, 2011August 10th, 2011, 2:56 pm EDT
Those are nice ones! I think Drunella doddsii could beat them up in a heavyweight boxing match, although they do look more nimble.
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Entoman on Aug 10, 2011August 10th, 2011, 5:11 pm EDT
In water where Drunella can be found, everything gets out of the way of the perlids.:)
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