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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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Troutnut on Aug 1, 2008August 1st, 2008, 11:22 pm EDT
From July 24th to 27th I floated down 50 miles of the Chena River upstream from Fairbanks, Alaska, for my grad school research project. I put some neat pictures up on our project website:

http://www.chenakings.org/2008/08/02/four-day-data-collection-float/

The day my float ended, it started raining and now parts of Fairbanks are about to be declared a disaster area. (One of my friends needs a canoe or waders to get to her cabin.) Some of us went out for work to document the flood in our study area, which is pretty impressive:

http://www.chenakings.org/2008/08/02/the-flood-of-08/
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Wiflyfisher on Aug 2, 2008August 2nd, 2008, 3:41 am EDT
Jason, very cool! I love the underwater videos of the feeding young salmon. Thanks for sharing!
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Troutnut on Aug 2, 2008August 2nd, 2008, 6:45 am EDT
Just wait til you see the new videos I'll be putting up. Those were taken last year with a crap camera. Now I have color HD video. :)
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