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.

This is one of the many shallow, unnamed lakes in the Arctic coastal plain near the Dalton Highway.

From Dalton Highway in Alaska

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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.

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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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Politics and Fly Fishing

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Martinlf on Mar 31, 2018March 31st, 2018, 10:17 am EDT

Perhaps it is best to stick to fly fishing. It certainly keeps the blood pressure down. And we may have to agree to talk about other things if a discussion of politics gets unpleasant. However, I have several good fly fishing buddies who are Trump supporters, and as frustrated as I get by what I consider their uninformed hero worship of a scumbag, I think it's done me (and perhaps them) good to engage with them from time to time, and to have to remember that their friendship is more important than anything else. As irritated and disappointed as I sometimes am, and as tempted as I get at times to just write one or more of them off, I believe it would be a failure of my humanity to do so. And a failure of my belief that we are all entitled to our opinions. Ultimately I believe that I must try to hear them out--and bring facts to bear when I believe lies are being believed and spread. Trump is a proven liar, so this becomes even more difficult when he's worshiped like an untouchable god, and his ideas from his tweets are circulated like scripture. So, this post, full of Trump bashing, is also meant as an embrace of my fishing buddies with whom I differ and an affirmation of our common humanity and love of the sport.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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