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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.

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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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Jesse on Apr 4, 2012April 4th, 2012, 8:03 am EDT
Man tell me about it. Im currently in Missoula where i have been for a little over two years, and getting on any water right now is pretty impossible.. Its a sad time of the year for me but nature is what nature does ha. Out of all the spots you and your buddies hit, did you have a favorite?
Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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Shanti on Apr 4, 2012April 4th, 2012, 11:11 am EDT
All places had their own greatness. Difficult to name favorites.
But some waters I fish more in my dreams than others.

Firehole is fantastic in all it's weirdness.
Madison, in the park.
Missouri, naturally.
Ruby..

Hell, if I don't stop, I'll name all of them.. ;)

This time there will be more time to spend on fewer rivers.
Somewhere, right now, a fish is rising.
And you´re at the computer..

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