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.

Two major forks of this grayling stream come together in this pretty pool.

From the Chena River in Alaska

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Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.

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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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Coha

Cazin, Bosnia

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Coha on Jan 7, 2021January 7th, 2021, 5:19 am EST

The RS2 or Ray’s Semblance 2 is, in my humble opinion, one of the best fishing flies ever designed. If you haven’t fished with the RS 2, you don’t know what you have been missing.
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Roguerat

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Roguerat on Jan 7, 2021January 7th, 2021, 6:38 am EST

I've tied and fished the RS2, or Rim's Semblance, and its a good fly...I'd agree IMHO that Rim Chung is a great tyer and his patterns are well worth trying.

Anyway, a late Happy New Year to all, and sadly I haven't been on the water since October? something due to lots of requests and patient clients in my woodworking side-job; I'm sort of retired but not so much lately.

Roguerat

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