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 Sweltsa (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This species was fairly abundant in a February sample of the upper Yakima.

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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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Apophasis (also called praeteritio or occupatio)

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Martinlf on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 3:16 pm EDT

PS--Should we mention that one of our favorite fishing spots is sometimes called the "Porn Hole?" Probably not. :)

An excellent example. I just didn't have time to comment when I first saw it.

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

--Fred Chappell

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GONZO on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 3:33 pm EDT

Geez, Louis, and here I thought that "occupatio" meant that all the chairs in the courtyard were taken! Thanks for putting a name to the rhetorical device. I'd tell Shawn that it was what I was using in a recent PM to him, but knowing Shawn, he probably already knew that.

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Shawnny3 on Jul 5, 2007July 5th, 2007, 7:09 pm EDT

Awesome word, Louis. I don't know that phrasing something facetiously in the negative is quite the same thing, though, Gonzo. In any case, the point was well taken.

I suppose this term could be applied to music as well? I play a little guitar, and sometimes when I'm soloing I try to lead my phrases to notes and then not play them - it's a cool effect. Actually, words like "phrasing" and "leading" overstate what I do - usually I'm just hacking my way through a progression and I'm the only one interested in listening. But it's fun. Now I've got a new word for it.

-Shawn

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