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.

I spent more than an hour casting to several rising trout in this pool and caught only two. Its clear water and tricky currents harbor dozens of free-rising, usually very hard-to-catch fish.

From Enfield Creek in New York

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Dorsal view of a Tricorythodes (Leptohyphidae) (Trico) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

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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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Merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Dec 22, 2017December 22nd, 2017, 9:25 am EST

Just want to wish all of you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! For my fellow troutnuts in Michigan may we have a early spring and some great hatches.

Mike.

Roguerat

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Roguerat on Dec 23, 2017December 23rd, 2017, 1:36 am EST

And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Mike, and all the TN's on the site...and us Michiganders!

semi-retired and 'should' be on the water...but I'm in the cabinet shop doing the kids' kitchens too much lately.

its all fun,

Roguerat

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