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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.

Case view of a Pycnopsyche guttifera (Limnephilidae) (Great Autumn Brown Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
It's only barely visible in one of my pictures, but I confirmed under the microscope that this one has a prosternal horn and the antennae are mid-way between the eyes and front of the head capsule.

I'm calling this one Pycnopsyche, but it's a bit perplexing. It seems to key definitively to at least Couplet 8 of the Key to Genera of Limnephilidae Larvae. That narrows it down to three genera, and the case seems wrong for the other two. The case looks right for Pycnopsyche, and it fits one of the key characteristics: "Abdominal sternum II without chloride epithelium and abdominal segment IX with only single seta on each side of dorsal sclerite." However, the characteristic "metanotal sa1 sclerites not fused, although often contiguous" does not seem to fit well. Those sclerites sure look fused to me, although I can make out a thin groove in the touching halves in the anterior half under the microscope. Perhaps this is a regional variation.

The only species of Pycnopsyche documented in Washington state is Pycnopsyche guttifera, and the colors and markings around the head of this specimen seem to match very well a specimen of that species from Massachusetts on Bugguide. So I am placing it in that species for now.

Whatever species this is, I photographed another specimen of seemingly the same species from the same spot a couple months later.
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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This discussion is about Rondout Creek.

Clix711
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Clix711 on Feb 25, 2013February 25th, 2013, 8:06 am EST
hello troutnut! i was just wondering where exactly these amazing pictures were taken of the rondout creek. i have a house in fleischmanns NY and always cross a bridge over the rondout creek, but have never found time to try and fish it. I would love to know where this deep pool is and/or how to get there because it is simply beautiful. also where was the fifth picture taken from? it looks like there are some very nice pockets that seem promising for some trout to be chilling in. thank you!
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York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Feb 25, 2013February 25th, 2013, 11:08 am EST
It's a secret & the location can not be divulged,
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
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Strmanglr on Mar 4, 2013March 4th, 2013, 7:49 am EST
It is beautiful.
Best advice, grab your stuff to fish and start walking.
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Troutnut on Mar 21, 2013March 21st, 2013, 10:44 am EDT
Hey Clix711,

The photos were taken right by one of the roads. I forget which one. The water looked good but I didn't see any sign of any trout.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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