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 Limnephilidae (Giant Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen resembled several others of around the same size and perhaps the same species, which were pretty common in my February sample from the upper Yakima. Unfortunately, I misplaced the specimen before I could get it under a microscope for a definitive ID.

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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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Missouri River 2013

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Feb 11, 2013February 11th, 2013, 6:23 am EST

Decided to go solo.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Feb 11, 2013February 11th, 2013, 9:14 am EST

Decided to go solo.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Feb 11, 2013February 11th, 2013, 12:44 pm EST

Thanks, Matt. I somehow had missed the date in your original post, so I've deleted my silly question. Hope you get some takers--this sounds like a fantastic trip. Al Caucci runs a 7 day trip on the Missouri for $3,700.00, so your trip is a bargain for sure.

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

--Fred Chappell

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

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Gutcutter on Feb 11, 2013February 11th, 2013, 12:45 pm EST

The river and the lodging are as Matt described. And he knows that section of the river as well as (or better than) some guides do.
The dates don't work for me, so I can't make it this year.
It is an amazing fishery.

All men who fish may in turn be divided into two parts: those who fish for trout and those who don't. Trout fishermen are a race apart: they are a dedicated crew- indolent, improvident, and quietly mad.

-Robert Traver, Trout Madness

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Feb 11, 2013February 11th, 2013, 1:33 pm EST

Post deleted.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.