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.

Firehole River Sunset

From the Firehole River in Wyoming

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Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Epeorus albertae (Heptageniidae) (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph from the East Fork Issaquah Creek in Washington

This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.

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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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Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Mar 18, 2011March 18th, 2011, 6:55 am EDT

You know, Kurt, at work we used magnifier lamps - the ones with a big magnifying glass ringed with a flourescent bulb on a flexible stand - to sort tiny benthic inverts from the debris we collected. I suppose I should invest in one of those and then perhap I can also aspire to tie size 20 Royal Wulffs as well. My eyes alone just won't allow it and I'm only 47!!

Very nice. The Royal Wulff is probably my all-time favorite attractor fly. It works well on my "natal" fly-fishing stream, the Maple River in northern MI. Brookies just love 'em!

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Aaron7_8

Helena Montana

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Aaron7_8 on Mar 20, 2011March 20th, 2011, 5:32 am EDT

Wow what a thread. I was attending a fly tying class last week and the Instructor said he got out fished four to one on of the streams I frequent on the difference between a size 20 and a size 18. Sometimes it is great to have the exact right thing and other times I go out and catch fish on four or five different flies in all types of water.