Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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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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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.

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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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Sulphurs

Report at a Glance

General Region	Western Catskills
Specific Location	N/A
Dates Fished	June 22 - 24
Time of Day	1:30 - 5:00 pm
Fish Caught	Numerous wild browns 15" - 21"
Conditions & Hatches	Sulfurs also blanket hatch of #20 Baetis

Details and Discussion

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Jun 27, 2010June 27th, 2010, 2:27 pm EDT

Don't really know what kind of mayfly it was. If it was a "Sulfur" as some guys said it was a species with which I'm unfamiliar. Light yellow wings, light yellow body, three tails, small red eyes, about a size #15. Blanket emergence!~ So many bugs that the trout just lost interest and stopped surface feeding as I'm assuming there was a subsurface glut of swimming and emerging nymphs.

Anyone know why my images are being deleted - I see it has happened in a number of my older post.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Jun 27, 2010June 27th, 2010, 4:29 pm EDT

Nice fish there Matt! You may have been unfamiliar with whatever bug was on the water, but you did something right! Sweet...

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