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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.

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
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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LenH
driftless area

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LenH on Jan 5, 2008January 5th, 2008, 7:18 am EST
What have you been up to?

Where ya living nowadays?

I still haunt the driftless area.

Len
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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Jan 6, 2008January 6th, 2008, 4:29 pm EST
I'll be driving by there sort of on my way to Minneapolis tomorrow. I've been home visiting my parents in Wisconsin for the holidays, and in the morning I'm flying back to Fairbanks, Alaska, where I'm going to grad school.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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