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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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Pryal74 has attached these 8 pictures to this report. The message is below.
This stonefly hatch was incredible, they were dropping on the water everywhere!

Report at a Glance

General RegionThe Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Specific LocationSomewhere =)
Dates Fished04-01-2012
Time of DayAfternoon
Fish Caught7 Steelhead
Conditions & HatchesWarm! Water temps over 50+ degrees. Air temps 55+ degrees. Stoneflies hatches and dropping eggs everywhere!!

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Pryal74
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Escanaba, MI

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Pryal74 on Apr 1, 2012April 1st, 2012, 7:08 pm EDT
No April fools today!

I hope it's alright to post videos on here. The only problem is it's from my youtube channel. The first video is from that giant I landed last week. The second is from a solid male I fought and lost today.





The pictures posted are from today, 7 for 13. My best day Steelheading for total number caught in an afternoon.
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Troutnut on Apr 1, 2012April 1st, 2012
Videos are very welcome here. Looks like some nice fish!
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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