Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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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.

Mount Deborah and Hess Mountains. Two of the greatest peaks of the Alaska Range rise behind the braided, glacial Susitna River. These massive mountains are 35 miles north of where I took this picture.

From the Susitna River in Alaska

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Dorsal view of a Tricorythodes (Leptohyphidae) (Trico) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

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White intestin worms in brook trout?

Wayupnorth6
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Wayupnorth6 on Jun 7, 2008June 7th, 2008, 1:21 pm EDT

Can anyone tell me what these white worms are? Found in the intestins of only one of the trout caught today. there were many of them...ops...doesnt look like i can post a picture here? but the worms are about 1 1/2" long like thin spagetti

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Taxon on Jun 7, 2008June 7th, 2008, 6:52 pm EDT

Wayupnorth6-

Probably Eubothrium salvelini.

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Wayupnorth6 on Jun 7, 2008June 7th, 2008, 7:59 pm EDT

thans for the reply..but im thinking this is something else. The worms in my fish are prety hard bodied and are more round than flat they wiggle around like a snake .......hmmm