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.
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.
Freepow on May 14, 2008May 14th, 2008, 11:28 am EDT
Orange woolly bugger and my rig is Gander Mountain Guide Series rod and reel...3/4 wt. They work nice but I'd like to upgrade sometime in the next couple years.
"I fish...because I suspect that men are going along this way for the last time, and I for one don't want to waste the trip..."