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

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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.

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From the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska

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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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My beloved little river

Report at a Glance

General Region	Western Sweden
Dates Fished	21 july
Fish Caught	Trout
Conditions & Hatches	Sunny and Caddis

Details and Discussion

Shanti
Sweden

Posts: 95

Shanti on Jul 23, 2012July 23rd, 2012, 1:03 am EDT

Me and a good friend went up to one of our favorite spots.
This river I fish almost two times a week.
It's special because sight fishing is not so common around here.
As usual, my friend likes to take his cameras with him.
At the end of the video you can see how hard they slammed our flies, that fish actually broke me off at the take, I didn't miss the strike. And he was not that big either.

Enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/46161065

Somewhere, right now, a fish is rising.
And you´re at the computer..

Flatstick96

Posts: 127

Flatstick96 on Jul 23, 2012July 23rd, 2012, 8:53 am EDT

That was a really cool video, thanks for sharing it.

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

Posts: 3047

Martinlf on Jul 23, 2012July 23rd, 2012, 9:32 am EDT

Good fishing!

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

Lastchance
Portage, PA

Posts: 437

Lastchance on Jul 23, 2012July 23rd, 2012, 2:48 pm EDT

Interesting video. I liked it.

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2474

Jmd123 on Jul 23, 2012July 23rd, 2012, 4:07 pm EDT

That was very fun, especially the hit and break-off at the very end! Looks like a nice caddis hatch as well.

Right now it's 91 F and windy - no fly fishing for me tonight. But last night...well, I'll have a picture posted shortly...

Thanks for the video!

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Shanti
Sweden

Posts: 95

Shanti on Jul 24, 2012July 24th, 2012, 2:58 am EDT

Thanks everyone, I'll let the film maker know you liked it.
If water levels stays like this the coming weeks will be interesting.
The hatch was great.

Somewhere, right now, a fish is rising.
And you´re at the computer..

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Jul 26, 2012July 26th, 2012, 7:48 am EDT

Joakim,

Just watched your vid. Nice visual for what it's all about and how it's done.

Spence

"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood

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