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.

A small, old rock wing dam has created an excellent riffle and pool in this classic trout stream.

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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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This is the smooth tailout of a large, wide flat into a very steep riffle. Fish rise here almost every evening, but it's a difficult place to fool them, with clear water and tricky currents.

This beautiful habitat held some big risers that were too wary for me on one late July morning.

All along this fertile river, cedar sweepers like these shelter small brookies, browns, and rainbows.

A remote, lake-like stretch of a trout river provides refuge for large, reclusive browns.

Closeup insects by Troutnut from the Bois Brule River and Miscellaneous Wisconsin in Wisconsin

Polydrusus (Weevil) Beetle Adult

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Artistic view of a Polydrusus (Curculionidae) (Weevil) Beetle Adult from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin

This is an iridescent green terrestrial beetle. They're common in northern Wisconsin's forests during the middle of summer, and I found them on the water's surface more than any other terrestrial insect. I saw the trout take a few and caught some trout on an imitation.

Collected July 30, 2004 from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin

Added by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Collected July 30, 2004 from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin and added by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Stenacron (Light Cahill) Mayfly Dun

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