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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.

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
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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Crepuscular on Jan 15, 2014January 15th, 2014, 7:32 am EST
With the recent warmish weather we've been having here the ice jams on the Susquehanna River are breaking up. I just had to stop and take a picture...
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Entoman on Jan 15, 2014January 15th, 2014, 7:51 am EST
Great photo, Eric!
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Kschaefer3 on Jan 15, 2014January 15th, 2014, 8:33 am EST
Wow! That photo is incredible! Thanks for sharing.
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Lastchance on Jan 15, 2014January 15th, 2014, 1:36 pm EST
Beautiful photo, Eric. Fantastic composition.
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Oldredbarn on Jan 15, 2014January 15th, 2014, 1:40 pm EST
What camera were you using? Details please?

Spence
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Wbranch on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 12:53 am EST
Wow, Eric this is a very awesome photograph! Kudos to you.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
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Crepuscular on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 3:18 am EST
Thanks Gentlemen!


What camera were you using? Details please?

Spence


my super fancy iPhone...
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Oldredbarn on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 8:57 am EST
my super fancy iPhone...


No shit!!! Wow...
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Kschaefer3 on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 9:18 am EST
my super fancy iPhone...


No shit!!! Wow...

My thoughts exactly! I know photographers with $2000 DSLRs that don't shoot many pictures that look that good. This just proves it's the content not the equipment.
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Entoman on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 10:11 am EST
Ha! Proof that any tool is only as good as the man that wields it... Nice composition, Eric. Incredible scene...
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
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Martinlf on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 10:19 am EST
Stunning.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Lastchance on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 1:25 pm EST
my super fancy iPhone...


No shit!!! Wow...




You said, shit!
Lastchance
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Lastchance on Jan 16, 2014January 16th, 2014, 1:25 pm EST
Yep, Eric's a tool.
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PaulRoberts on Jan 19, 2014January 19th, 2014, 2:50 pm EST
Awesome.

Go neat places. Do neat things. You'll get neat pictures. Gotta be there.
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LowBudget on Jan 20, 2014January 20th, 2014, 7:05 am EST
Great picture. Thank you for posting.
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Gus on Jan 24, 2014January 24th, 2014, 8:51 am EST
Wow, great shot!
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JOHNW on Feb 10, 2014February 10th, 2014, 12:32 pm EST
Eric,
Any post production or special modes that you used. I am awed by the dynamic range you were able to capture.

Proof positive that even the depths of winter has something to warm the soul with.
JW
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Crepuscular on Feb 11, 2014February 11th, 2014, 4:21 am EST
Eric,
Any post production or special modes that you used. I am awed by the dynamic range you were able to capture.


I used Photoshop express to do a little noise reduction, cropped and straightened the photo and boosted the vibrance a little.

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