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.
Oldredbarn on Oct 30, 2013October 30th, 2013, 2:34 pm EDT
Nice Tony! That's just what the "doctor" ordered, for Brucie! :)
In terms of barbs...did you mean that literally or as a tongue-in-cheek "barb"? :) I have a zillion old hooks and I'm a cheap-o...I still carry an old set of debarbing pliers with me and smash them down on the stream. I forget sometimes that I do occasionally have barbless hooks or that I have already squeesed it down to get a bead head on there. Old habits die hard.
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