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 spring creek in Wisconsin. A little brook trout stream tumbles over boulders

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Lateral view of a Coleoptera (Beetle) Insect Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

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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

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Troutnut on Oct 3, 2006October 3rd, 2006, 4:20 pm EDT

I finally got the time to catch up on processing photos from the past month's several fishing and bug-collecting trips. Go to any of the main non-forum pages of the site (like the homepage) and scroll down the left column to the "Recent Updates" to browse through the new stuff.

Enjoy!

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Oct 4, 2006October 4th, 2006, 7:49 am EDT

One of my favorite new additions is a photo sequence of an Isonychia nymph emerging along a middle stretch of the Esopus, above the portal.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist