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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.

Dorsal view of a Ephemerella mucronata (Ephemerellidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.
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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Indian paintbrush?
Shooting star.
Shooting star cluster.  These were at the foot of a little waterfall.
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Martinlf on May 26, 2016May 26th, 2016, 9:45 am EDT
I forgot these in the report. There were many others we didn't photograph, but these were very beautiful.
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Jmd123 on May 26, 2016May 26th, 2016, 12:52 pm EDT
Louis, Indian Paintbrush it is! Don't ask me which species, as there are many, but I do have a book of Arizona wildflowers from when I was there in 2006, so I might be able to put a species name on it. Shooting stars are very cool, I haven't seen the purple ones but I did see a white species out in Corvalis, Oregon. Thanks for sharing!!

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
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Martinlf on May 26, 2016May 26th, 2016, 6:08 pm EDT
Jonathon, I'd seen the white shooting stars as a child in Tennessee. My dad showed them to me out in the woods near our favorite river. It was so exciting to find the purple ones! They were intense.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Marvinforte on May 31, 2016May 31st, 2016, 8:49 am EDT
"White flowers get no respect"
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Martinlf on Jun 4, 2016June 4th, 2016, 7:14 am EDT
Yeah, we saw bunches of them, and yellow ones too, that never got a photo. But those shooting stars were stunning.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Martinlf on Dec 26, 2016December 26th, 2016, 1:40 am EST
Ed, you might enjoy these also.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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