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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.

Dorsal view of a Holocentropus (Polycentropodidae) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their larvae.
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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Trout, Salmon, and Grayling

Trout, Salmon, and Grayling

Salmonids large and small rank among nature's most pleasing sights. These are my best pictures of trout and their relatives: salmon, grayling, and whitefish.

This big old brown trout took a dry fly and fought like he looks like he would.
This bruiser was perhaps the largest cutthroat I've ever caught to date, at 21.5" with a 12.5" girth.
This Golden Trout was probably the most vivid fish I've ever caught.
A really pretty Goldbow (Golden Trout x Rainbow Trout hybrid)
Golden-Yellowstone Cutt Hybrid
Characteristically beautiful wild-born Golden Trout from an unnamed tarn high in the Rocky Mountains.
This nice-sized Yellowstone cutthroat took a tight-lined nymph in fast water.
This was my personal best Westslope Cutthroat to date, 18 inches and shaped like a football. The fight was great fun, standing on a boulder over deep water with no waders as the fish tore around in the fast water.
Coastal cutthroat
Pretty pastel colors on the side of this little Bonneville Cutthroat that still has its parr marks.
My longest brook trout yet, 16 1/8".
Beautiful almost 19" brown.
Chunky male brook trout and the best fish of the day
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