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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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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Quick customer service compliment to Korkers

By Troutnut on October 30th, 2019, 11:46 am EDT

I've been wearing Korkers wading boots for years because I like the interchangeable sole system; I mostly use the soles with aluminum bars on the bottom for traction, but sometimes I switch them out to avoid damaging a boat. On a recent trip, the fabric inside the heel of my Buckskin boots tore (probably due to forcing my foot into a wet boot with too much friction too many times), and the tear made it almost impossible to put the boot on. It's the first time that's happened, and I doubt it'll happen again if I'm a bit more diligent about loosening the laces first. Even though my boots were a few months outside the official 1-year warranty date, I filled out a warranty claim, and they replied immediately offering to send replacements. Those came in the mail a few days later, and all I had to do was destroy the old ones so another claim couldn't be filed on the same boots later. That was one of the most painless warranty experiences I've had in a while. Kudos to Korkers.

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Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Nov 1, 2019November 1st, 2019, 9:24 am EDT

Good to hear all of this, Jason. Korkers had some quality control problems years ago, and I've stayed away. This makes me more open to giving them a try in the future.

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

--Fred Chappell

RleeP
NW PA - Pennsylvania's Glacial Pothole Wonderland

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RleeP on Nov 2, 2019November 2nd, 2019, 12:20 pm EDT

I've been a Korkers customer as well for the better part of the past decade or at least since shortly after they introduced Their current interchangeable sole system. I appreciate the versatility of the system. And even though I'm not sure it really met the bar for a legitimate customer service issue, they made things right the one time I contacted them about a problem. The goopy clay substrate on a side channel of the main Penobscot sucked one of my studded felts right off the boot and I didn't realize it for a while and hence I never found it. I mentioned it to them and they sent me a brand new pair of studded felts with no questions asked. This was the only issue I've ever had with the system which is pretty remarkable given what I put my Buckskins through.

I'll continue to buy and use their products. Nice folks to deal with, IMO.

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Nov 3, 2019November 3rd, 2019, 12:40 pm EST

The goopy clay substrate on a side channel of the main Penobscot sucked one of my studded felts right off the boot and I didn't realize it for a while and hence I never found it.

Yeah, that's the one downside to the interchangeable soles. I've had them come loose in thick muck too, although never lost one outright. After going through a few pairs of boots in the same system after several years, I have lots of spare soles stored up.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Nov 4, 2019November 4th, 2019, 9:16 am EST

Good to know, I currently have the orvis BOAs, nice boots and have held up well. I did have to replace the wire laces but no big deal. But something more light weight would be nice.
Mike