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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.

A small spring creek in Wisconsin. A little brook trout stream tumbles over boulders

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Ventral view of a Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.

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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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T. Mac an Rothaich

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I fish primarily the creeks filled with brook trout and cutthroat, but will fish the larger waters at times for browns and rainbows. I fish the old traditional ways of dry fly and spiders, casting upstream like it is meant to be. I tried using nymphs and found it to be not as challenging as I personally would like. Too effective.

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