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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 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.
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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Oldredbarn
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Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Jan 30, 2017January 30th, 2017, 1:59 am EST
A couple years back we had someone post a video here of a mayfly hatching. I think it was from Europe and was E danica and they followed it closely as it progressed downstream with its shuck hanging off the back end...Does anyone remember it, and maybe how I can find it?

Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

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Millcreek
Healdsburg, CA

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Millcreek on Jan 30, 2017January 30th, 2017, 2:25 am EST
Spence-

It or something very similar is at;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxoMSilCIc
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Oldredbarn
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Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Jan 30, 2017January 30th, 2017, 4:29 am EST
Thanks! I got this one...It will work for what I'm doing.

Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Falsifly
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Hayward, WI.

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Falsifly on Jan 30, 2017January 30th, 2017, 6:30 am EST
Allez-vous nous laisser en suspens Spence?
Falsifly
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."
PaulRoberts
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Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Jan 31, 2017January 31st, 2017, 1:05 am EST
I think I do, Spence. But it was some time back. Chalk stream, documentary style perhaps?

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