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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Sweltsa (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph Sweltsa (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph

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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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Jun 21, 2018June 21st, 2018, 10:16 am EDT

Tony,

Are you going to Henry's Fork this year?

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

Posts: 470

Gutcutter on Jun 23, 2018June 23rd, 2018, 12:33 am EDT

TONY! Where have you been? Good to hear from you again.

Jonathon

Jonathon
I lurk quite a bit and only chime in when I have something useful to add

Tony,

Are you going to Henry's Fork this year?

Matt
I was there a week ago for green and grey drakes, PMDs and golden stones.
It was awesome.
Second year in a row that I was able to fish both eastern and western green drakes within a month.
Timing (and a good bit of luck) is everything

Tony

All men who fish may in turn be divided into two parts: those who fish for trout and those who don't. Trout fishermen are a race apart: they are a dedicated crew- indolent, improvident, and quietly mad.

-Robert Traver, Trout Madness

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2474

Jmd123 on Jun 23, 2018June 23rd, 2018, 2:29 am EDT

Wow, nice hatches! I imagine you did quite well.

You probably would have killed them when I was on the Pond the other night, dealing with a midge hatch on the order of size 22. I can't see flies that small on the water, let alone tie them. I'm sure yours would have done well, though. Probably a nice spot for one of your bamboo rods too, all brookies all the time.

Tight lines!

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Iasgair

Colorado

Posts: 148

Iasgair on Jun 27, 2018June 27th, 2018, 3:16 am EDT

For the small fly patterns I really like TMC #2488 and pinch the barb. They have good hook gap and the bigger fish don't straighten the hook out on me like some other hooks do.

I used to use Tiemco, and I will agree with you that they are great hooks, and I also like the #2488 series. But for the longest time, and maybe you have seen this, but for their 100 & 101 series, which are good quality hooks as well, I was getting a mixture of sizes in a pack. And it was happenening more often to where I would buy a #16 pack and end up with #14 & #16, or #16 & #18 in the same pack. After about the fouth time of this happening is when I switched and I am very glad I did. Partridge and Fire Hole Sticks are the only hooks I buy now with no regrets whatsoever.