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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.
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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.
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Report at a Glance
| Dates Fished | Sunday Nov 01 - Wednesday Nov 04 |
| Time of Day | 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
| Fish Caught | Steelhead some chrome bright and others colored up |
| Conditions & Hatches | Temperatures high 30's in early morning to mid to high 40's in the afternoon. Mixed clouds and some sun and blue skies, passing showers. |
Details and Discussion
Wbranch on Nov 5, 2009November 5th, 2009, 8:36 am EST
Three of us hooked over a 100 steelhead with about a 50% landing percentage. Lots of very hot fish and break-offs due to light 5# - 7# tippets used.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
JAD on Nov 6, 2009November 6th, 2009, 11:35 am EST
Here's another one.
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They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,