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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 Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington
This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).
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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Troutnut.com User PCfishes (John Carrier)

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I started fly fishing 30 years ago, and now am on the verge of early retirement/career change to guiding full time- spring-fall in SE Minnesota/NE Iowa, winter on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. I like to catch and keep. The science behind catch and release is poor. Catch and keep a few fish, and then get out of the water will preserve the trout more effectively than catch and release 100 fish, killing ten. Habitat management, seasons and limits will have a real impact on increasing populations.
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I'm for hire! Fly fishing guiding, fly fishing lessons, fly tying.
Email me, if you would like to set a date to go fishing sometime.
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