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.

This little pool in update New York is enjoyed by many tourists every day, and it still holds a few trout -- stockers mostly, but you can't complain about the setting!

From Mystery Creek # 62 in New York

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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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Troutnut on Sep 26, 2006September 26th, 2006, 1:33 pm EDT

You know that great feeling you get when it's getting toward late evening and you've forgotten you're wearing your sunglasses, then you take them off and realize you've gained an hour of unexpected daylight?

I got that today, times 15. I was somehow under the impression that the last day of the main trout season around here was September 30th. I checked the regulations today just to double-check that it wasn't earlier, and it turns out it's actually October 15th. So I get an extra 15 days I didn't realize I had all along. :)

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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