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

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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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Psychodidae True Fly Larva Psychodidae True Fly Larva

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.

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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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Some amasing pictures.

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Jun 29, 2010June 29th, 2010, 2:18 am EDT

If you think your Streamer is to large look at these.

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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.
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Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Jun 29, 2010June 29th, 2010, 5:34 am EDT

Whoa!!! And I was just about to get ready for Tricos! Maybe I need to rethink this a bit...:)

I'm wondering if that trout was dead and floating downstream when that Brown picked it up? Maybe mis-handled release or over played fish? I have always heard about them sneaking up from behind...It's hard to tell...Maybe someone just tossed the rainbow in to a pool to see what would happen.

Incredible shots though.

Spence

Speaking of Tricos...I can never get over the idea that we were just fishing monster Hex and all of a sudden, instead of midnight fishing it's sun-up and tiny, tiny flies??? Strange!

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