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 caught a nice brookie a few weeks earlier in this pool at the junction of a split channel in the stream. The huge fallen tree is great cover.

From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York

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Dorsal view of a Sweltsa (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This species was fairly abundant in a February sample of the upper Yakima.

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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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Wiflyfisher

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Wiflyfisher on Aug 13, 2007August 13th, 2007, 1:34 pm EDT

Just for the record, there are other creatures also looking to eat large sculpin minnows. :-) This one happened to be unlucky and ended up a meal for a snake on the Madison River in Montana.

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Shawnny3 on Aug 14, 2007August 14th, 2007, 1:29 am EDT

Awesome picture, John.

-Shawn

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Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Aug 14, 2007August 14th, 2007, 9:58 am EDT

great picture! As I posted in "friggin' bat", a friend of mine caught a water snake on a nymph once. I also once saw a snake eat a trout, on the Neretva river in Bosnia

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