Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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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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Just had to share this grayling photo right away.

By Troutnut on July 29th, 2015

I've been lucky enough this summer to see a tremendous amount of good scenery and good fishing during my work on three Alaskan streams and breaks in between. I have a backlog of good photos to share from all these adventures, once I eventually have time this winter. But this one I just couldn't wait to post.

Photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #186 in Alaska

Big Arctic grayling eating a Drunella doddsii mayfly dun.

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Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 3:12 am EDT

Wow Jason what a wonderful photo! Thanks for posting. So was that fish rising steadily and you just got it perfect or what?

Falsifly

Hayward, WI.

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Falsifly on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 4:49 am EDT

Jason, I hope you have considered the potential contained in that photo.

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When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Martinlf

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Martinlf on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 5:20 am EDT

I hope the next thing that fish ate was your fly! Cool photo!

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PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 6:55 am EDT

Very cool shot, Jason.

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MiltRPowell on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 7:50 am EDT

Thanks for that photo. You have a way of capturing moments in nature that many of us cannot get to see. I really enjoy this site, info, photos, opinions, & more. Find the site, very eye opening, there 2 very hard 2 explain. But keep it up, the sky is your limit, your work in your field, be your palate.
Thanks, Milt.....

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Lastchance
Portage, PA

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Lastchance on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 2:01 pm EDT

To say the least, that is awesome!

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Steps25 on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 6:05 pm EDT

Beautiful!

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Jmd123

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Jmd123 on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 8:01 pm EDT

Nice shot Jason!! You been catching many lately? Or too busy with summer research?

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Troutnut

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Troutnut on Aug 3, 2015August 3rd, 2015, 11:00 pm EDT

I've been catching lots of them both for research and on breaks during research trips. Each data set consists of a few hours of video recording of the fish, concurrent with drift sampling, followed by diet sampling. While the cameras are rolling, we often have time to go off somewhere downstream to do some fishing without disturbing our data fish. And when the cameras are done rolling, I try to catch the same fish we were filming (and usually succeed) to pump their stomachs for comparison with model predictions.

Anyway yes, I've caught several hundred grayling this year. :)

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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Oldredbarn

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Oldredbarn on Aug 4, 2015August 4th, 2015, 4:07 am EDT

Wonderful Jason!

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Jkeag
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Jkeag on Nov 1, 2015November 1st, 2015, 6:06 am EST

Incredible photo of the Grayling taking the mayfly. Watched with amazement the film on Alaskan Field Work. Is the project scope posted someplace?

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Troutnut on Nov 2, 2015November 2nd, 2015, 10:07 pm EST

Hi Jkeag,

For more details on our research, see here:

http://www.driftmodelproject.org/about-the-project/

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist