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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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This specimen appears to be of the same species as this one collected in the same spot two months earlier. The identification of both is tentative. This one suffered some physical damage before being photographed, too, so the colors aren't totally natural. I was mostly photographing it to test out some new camera setting idea, which worked really well for a couple of closeups.
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Report at a Glance
| General Region | South Central PA |
| Specific Location | South Central PA |
| Dates Fished | April 23 and 24 |
| Time of Day | 9 am -5 pm; 11-4 |
| Fish Caught | Probably 50 fish hooked, about 40 trout landed, one rainbow, all the rest browns, up to 18." |
| Conditions & Hatches | Tuesday bright and sunny; Wednesday mostly cloudy. |
Details and Discussion
Martinlf on Apr 25, 2013April 25th, 2013, 7:02 am EDT
My arm was on the mend, the grannoms were on, and the fish were taking them in one of the streams that Spence fished. Tuesday was a numbers day, with fish taking flies everywhere: emergers in the flats and pools, egg layers in the riffles later in the day. Wednesday, with the cloud cover, the big fish came out to play. Did not hook as many, but the percentage was for larger fish, including a 20+ brown that jumped twice and threw the fly on the second jump. It took in an eddy on my side of the stream, then pealed across heavy current in front of a mostly submerged rock, zinging line off my reel. I thought for sure the line would hang on the rock but it popped free and into the air as I held the rod high. Just then the fish made its first jump on the other side of the river. Then the pulsing in the deep water among the rocks started. A number of fish large and small had popped the barbless hooks out on the slabs and shelves, and I thought this would happen here, but it was just after I had steered the tiring fish into my eddy when it made one last jump and shook out the hook. Oh well, a more than worthy opponent won his freedom and humbled me with his beauty and power. Most fish took a dry cdc fly, but some that refused this fly took a tent wing parachute. More on this and some entomology questions in another post.
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