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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 Holocentropus (Polycentropodidae) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their 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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Captkirk
Wisconsin

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Captkirk on Dec 9, 2009December 9th, 2009, 9:57 am EST
Interesting website and great photos! Here are a few short videos I took this summer while smallmouth fishing in northern wisconsin during a impressive white fly hatch.

molting
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v630/covert/?action=view¤t=IMGP0720.flv


http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v630/covert/?action=view¤t=IMGP0714.flv
Wiflyfisher
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Wisconsin

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Wiflyfisher on Dec 9, 2009December 9th, 2009, 10:49 am EST
Very nice!

No videos, just photos taken three years ago in NW Wisconsin during the Ephoron luekon/album hatch...

http://www.wiflyfisher.com/ephoron-leukon-mayfly-hatch.asp
Wiflyfisher
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Wisconsin

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Wiflyfisher on Dec 9, 2009December 9th, 2009, 10:51 am EST
Also, I can show you a heck of a white blizzard hatch we had today in southern Wisconsin in December!!
Martinlf
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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Dec 9, 2009December 9th, 2009, 1:12 pm EST
Great videos and photos.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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