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.
Wbranch on Oct 28, 2008October 28th, 2008, 2:58 pm EDT
I went up to winterize my cabin on Sunday and of course brought along a rod and a few flies. The river was falling with suspended turbidity but I did manage a very nice end of season fish that should help to keep me looking forward, God willing, to the 2009 season. I might be done with the Delaware for 2008 but there are always Erie steelhead .