Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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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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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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Female Drunella grandis (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun Pictures

I didn't find a male spinner to associate with this one; I'm tentatively calling it grandis based on size alone. I found it floating down the surface of the Henry's Fork (the only one I saw that day, weeks after the hatch probably peaked) crippled by what appears to be a mass of eggs sticking out of its abdomen.

Lateral view of a Female Drunella grandis (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

Female Drunella grandis (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

Ventral view of a Female Drunella grandis (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

Dorsal view of a Female Drunella grandis (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

Ruler view of a Female Drunella grandis (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho The smallest ruler marks are 1 mm.

This mayfly was collected from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho on August 1st, 2020 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on August 18th, 2020.

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