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.

Sunlight perfectly strikes the trees at a bend in the Foss River in the Washington Cascades.

From the Foss River in Washington

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Dorsal view of a Limnephilidae (Giant Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen resembled several others of around the same size and perhaps the same species, which were pretty common in my February sample from the upper Yakima. Unfortunately, I misplaced the specimen before I could get it under a microscope for a definitive ID.

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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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Ephemerella maculata

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Showing sternites. Coloration common to all specimens.

Length approximately 6 mm (excluding cerci).

Length approximately 8 mm (excluding cerci).

Millcreek
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Millcreek on Apr 10, 2015April 10th, 2015, 7:22 am EDT

Common in the Russian River. Usually found in small gravel, in shallow water. The nymphs were keyed out to family using Merritt, Cummins and Berg (2008) and to species using Allen and Edmunds "A Revision of the Genus Ephemerella (Ephemeroptera; Ephemerellidae) VII. The Subgenus Ephemerella in North America".
http://www.ephemeroptera-galactica.com/pubs/pub_a/puballenr1965p244.pdf
These nymphs show considerable variation in coloring but maintain the same body shape and typical coloring of the sternites.

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