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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.

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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Photos by Troutnut from the Namekagon River and in Wisconsin and

A black bear cub stares down at me from a large pine near one of my favorite trout streams.

From McNaught Road, near the upper Namekagon in Wisconsin
A black bear cub shimmies down a tree trunk near one of my favorite trout streams.

From McNaught Road, near the upper Namekagon in Wisconsin
A 19-inch smallmouth puts a hefty bend in my 5-weight.

From the Namekagon River below Hayward in Wisconsin
The 5 am mist rises off a classic hole on a favorite river. I'd just spent the last few hours of that moonless night working this hole with big pusher flies in the pitch black darkness, running on caffeine until about 4:15 and adrenaline from that point on, after feeling a whale of a brown trout on my line for about 15 seconds. Unfortunately the fish spit the hook, but it was an unforgettable experience.

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Miscellaneous Wisconsin and the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

Male Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons) Mayfly Dun from unknown in Wisconsin
Male Hexagenia atrocaudata (Ephemeridae) (Late Hex) Mayfly Spinner from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
I found this spinner and a few of his friends bobbing above the river amidst a snowstorm hatch of white Ephoron flies.

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