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

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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.

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Eagle River, Ak

JohnR has attached this picture to aid in identification. The message is below.

JohnR
Eagle River, Alaska

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JohnR on Jun 9, 2017June 9th, 2017, 2:56 pm EDT

We live some distance from Eagle River. Been raining quite a bit off and on this past week. Some patches of standing water out back of our home. Today's visitor.

Millcreek
Healdsburg, CA

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Millcreek on Jun 9, 2017June 9th, 2017, 3:53 pm EDT

Looks like a Lacewing. You can see a specimen here:http://bugguide.net/node/view/1370384/bgimage

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JohnR
Eagle River, Alaska

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JohnR on Jun 17, 2017June 17th, 2017, 5:53 pm EDT

Thank you for the information. The bug guide www site, will be useful in the future.

Good fishing to all !

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