Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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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.

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Ameletus ludens (Brown Dun) Mayfly Nymph

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Dorsal view of a Ameletus ludens (Ameletidae) (Brown Dun) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

Collected March 31, 2007 from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

Added by Troutnut on April 3, 2007

Collected March 31, 2007 from Mystery Creek #62 in New York and added by Troutnut on April 3, 2007

CalebBoyle
Charlotte, NC

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CalebBoyle on Apr 4, 2007April 4th, 2007, 4:04 pm EDT

Thanks for the pics of this genus Jason. I had sampled a creek that I live close to and had collected something that I thought was Siphloplecton, but afer seeing your photos it must be Ameletus.

CalebBoyle
Charlotte, NC

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CalebBoyle on Apr 4, 2007April 4th, 2007, 4:07 pm EDT

Looks similar to me. It's amazing how the colorations can vary.

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Troutnut on Apr 4, 2007April 4th, 2007, 5:49 pm EDT

Nice pic Caleb. That's gotta be the same mayfly.

The real distinguishing characteristic is in the mouth parts, which can be verified on my specimen, but the markings are so similar that we've clearly got the same insect.

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CalebBoyle
Charlotte, NC

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CalebBoyle on Apr 5, 2007April 5th, 2007, 1:43 pm EDT

The thing that threw me was the three dark lines on the underside of the abdomen.

Flytyer0423
germansville PA

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Flytyer0423 on Sep 9, 2009September 9th, 2009, 1:07 pm EDT

this one is screaming for a pheasant tail nymph imitation.

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