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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 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.
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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Dirremeang
Koror, Palau

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Dirremeang on Apr 8, 2008April 8th, 2008, 5:45 pm EDT
Sorry! I thought i uploaded the photo but i never did! Please help me get this insect identified! Collected in a fast flow high velocity stream. I thought their larvae of Toxorhychites but... are they???
Wbranch
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York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 10, 2008April 10th, 2008, 1:48 pm EDT
Still no photo maybe it is a Epheremeral noseeumess.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

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