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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.

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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 Jun 15, 2011June 15th, 2011, 9:45 pm EDT
This is really cool:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110613-space-science-star-water-bullets-kristensen/

A protostar was discovered that shoots jets of water from its poles. It shoots a hundred millions times the volume of water per second that the Amazon River does, and at a velocity 80 times faster than a bullet.

I'm glad I don't have to wade in that flow!
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Konchu on Jun 16, 2011June 16th, 2011, 2:20 am EDT
now THAT's a super soaker squirt gun
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PaulRoberts on Jun 16, 2011June 16th, 2011, 3:42 am EDT
Holy... moly.
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Jmd123 on Jun 16, 2011June 16th, 2011, 9:33 am EDT
That would take an extra-long rod and a few billion miles of backing, and a drag with a radius the diameter of Jupiter!

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
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Troutnut on Jun 16, 2011June 16th, 2011, 12:55 pm EDT
I would love to pose in front of it with a big fish.
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