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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.

Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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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Trtklr on May 29, 2009May 29th, 2009, 5:30 am EDT
I have seen nothing more beautiful than the sunrise on a cold stream.
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Wiflyfisher on May 29, 2009May 29th, 2009, 10:02 am EDT
I think someone put a "hex" on your post, cuz I don't see anything.
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Taxon on May 29, 2009May 29th, 2009, 10:54 am EDT
John-

Good one, that!
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
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Trtklr on May 30, 2009May 30th, 2009, 11:15 am EDT
tried to download a photo, i changed the "IMG" to "img" still didn't post. pretty cool pic of a hex nymph casing dried up and on a log about two feet above the water level. took the picture on the n branch of the au sable.
I have seen nothing more beautiful than the sunrise on a cold stream.
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Wiflyfisher on May 30, 2009May 30th, 2009, 12:34 pm EDT
Follow the instructions here: http://www.troutnut.com/forumcode.

Jason, maybe use should wrap your forum code commands with: strtolower(string $str).

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