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.

The "Fountain Flats" stretch of the Firehole was fishable in the morning after an uncharacteristically cold August night.

From the Firehole River in Wyoming

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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this 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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Fly high above Lake Iliamna in Alaska

Wiflyfisher

Wisconsin

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Wiflyfisher on Nov 23, 2015November 23rd, 2015, 6:09 am EST

This is truly amazing... https://vimeo.com/146049113.

Jason have you been to Lake Iliama yet?

John S.
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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Nov 23, 2015November 23rd, 2015, 7:21 am EST

Fantastic video!

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Nov 23, 2015November 23rd, 2015, 7:50 am EST

Wow! What a place. Once upon a time, much of the world was like that.

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Nov 23, 2015November 23rd, 2015, 8:01 am EST

very nice. Thanks John!

Martinlf

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Martinlf on Nov 23, 2015November 23rd, 2015, 8:14 am EST

Beautiful and moving video! Life is such a powerful force, filled with tenacity. If only those who put profit and power above it could understand this kind of experience. I wonder if some of the aerial shots were taken with a drone. It's amazing what they can capture.

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

--Fred Chappell