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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 Mar 13, 2007March 13th, 2007, 5:01 pm EDT
I just made a little code change that should make it much easier to read the posts on the forum without having to squint or follow along with a little piece of paper to keep yourself on the right line.

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Taxon on Mar 13, 2007March 13th, 2007, 9:53 pm EDT
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Not sure what the change was, but I assume you must have increased the font size. If that's the case, it certainly looks good to me.
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Troutnut on Mar 14, 2007March 14th, 2007, 3:03 am EDT
Font size is the same. I increased the spacing between the lines.
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Taxon on Mar 14, 2007March 14th, 2007, 5:51 am EDT
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Okay, I see. Looks good.
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The_Sib on Mar 14, 2007March 14th, 2007, 1:29 pm EDT
My 56 year old eyes thank you
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