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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 May 6, 2007May 6th, 2007, 5:19 pm EDT
I just got back from spending most of two days in the Catskills. I caught my first decent trout of the year (beautiful 19" brown) and on my way back I sampled nymphs at a couple streams and got lots of great stuff. It's 20 minutes past midnight and I'm just about to start an all-night photo session with the new bugs, including some Baetisca obesa nymphs.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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Taxon on May 6, 2007May 6th, 2007, 6:21 pm EDT
Jason-

Sounds great; can hardly wait to see them.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

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