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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 keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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Kschaefer3 on Feb 27, 2015February 27th, 2015, 5:11 am EST
“Purity (in fly fishing) by nostalgia is an interesting idea, but the logic of it is inescapable. If we carry purism to its logical conclusion, to do it right you’d have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as no to violate another essential element of the fly fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each.” -John Gierach
This is great! I may need to read some Gierach.
PaulRoberts on Feb 27, 2015February 27th, 2015, 6:39 pm EST
Gierach is a truly entertaining writer. Some of the best fishing writing out there, fly-fishing or otherwise.
Yes Louis, I've always tried to keep one toe in the Pleistocene.
Yes Louis, I've always tried to keep one toe in the Pleistocene.
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