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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.

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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Kroil
Coastal NJ

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Kroil on Feb 24, 2008February 24th, 2008, 10:32 am EST
I am seeking advice for a relatively compact digital camera that is waterproof, rugged, easy to use, good/ecellent micro and macro resolution and lightweight without bulk. I will carry this worldwide, it will get wet, frozen, baked, covered in dog slobber and fish slime etc. and need support/warrantee as well as backup batteries.

Great site and AWESOME bug pics by the way.

I think that Bridge goes over Rt. 17, right?

Any help/opinions would be appreciated.

Dave

Ps. heres a few pics from the East branch, eating Beatis duns...



this one was munching on Chimarra..





When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns. - Jack Handey

Kroil
Coastal NJ

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Kroil on Feb 24, 2008February 24th, 2008, 10:40 am EST
See how photo challenged I am, Please help me.
When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns. - Jack Handey

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Taxon on Feb 24, 2008February 24th, 2008, 11:33 am EST
Dave-

All you need to do is edit your above post so that the IMG and /IMG tags are in lower case, that is, img and /img .
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
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Troutnut on Feb 24, 2008February 24th, 2008, 5:49 pm EST
I fixed it for you. :) Taxon was right, the tags have to be lower-case. Oops. I programmed this forum from scratch so there are a few things that could use some improvement, and unfortunately I've been too busy.

Welcome to the site, though. Nice pictures!

You're right that one of the popular pics on this site is the Thruway bridge by Rt. 17 in East Branch.

Here are your options for a totally waterproof camera:

Pentax Optio W30

Olympus Stylus 790SW

Both can actually take underwater pictures. I use an earlier model in that Pentax line when I'm out fishing and don't want to carry my fancy DSLR. It's survived taking hundreds of underwater pics and being dropped on more than a few rocks. I can't guarantee it would survive 45 minutes in an oven, but other than that it's pretty durable.

The Olympus waterproof line wasn't out yet when I got mine, so I haven't really looked into it hard to figure out which of the two is better. I'm guessing they're both about equally good. I do have some complaints about graininess in low light with my Pentax, but most compact digicams have that issue to some extent.
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Kroil
Coastal NJ

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Kroil on Feb 25, 2008February 25th, 2008, 3:22 am EST
Thanks for the camera info, any thoughts on the Olympus 770?
When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns. - Jack Handey

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Troutnut on Feb 25, 2008February 25th, 2008, 5:09 am EST
The 790 is the successor to the 770. Oddly, it seems quite a bit cheaper. Here's a side-by-side comparision of the 770 and the 790 on features. I don't see a lot of differences.

Here's a somewhat negative review for both Olympus cameras. I have a feeling their complaints would apply to the Pentax waterproof cameras, too. I think they're exaggerating the down side, and ignoring how great these durable cameras are for fishing.

Here's a more positive review suggesting that the 790 brings some image quality improvements along with the lower price tag.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Feb 25, 2008February 25th, 2008, 7:02 am EST
Nice fish. Glad you got the links to work.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
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York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Mar 13, 2008March 13th, 2008, 2:08 am EDT
Great looking fish! Seeing the rainbow I'm assuming you are fishing below the junction of the upper EB and the Beaverkill?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

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