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 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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Trip report from my Idaho mule deer hunt in 2019

By Troutnut on June 22nd, 2020, 9:35 am EDT

I just completed a trip report article about my first Idaho hunting experience, a lengthy trip last fall seeking a mule deer buck. I won't recap the whole hunt in this blog post, but the trip was full of great scenery and lessons learned about hunting those wily deer.

I covered an incredible variety of country:

For more pictures, see the full report.

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Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jun 22, 2020June 22nd, 2020, 1:19 pm EDT

Gorgeous photos, and an interesting, suspenseful narrative. I had a tough day fishing and scouting some new water on Penns Creek a few days ago, and your story reminded me of all the things I tried that didn't work. But I did learn a whole new section of the river, and talking with a guide figured out why the fish may have been so unresponsive. (I'd had very good fishing two days before.) Ultimately I was glad to see what I'd seen and gained a bit more knowledge. It sounds like you were as well. Better luck next time!

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

--Fred Chappell

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Jun 22, 2020June 22nd, 2020, 3:01 pm EDT

things I tried that didn't work

That should have been my title!

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Jun 23, 2020June 23rd, 2020, 1:31 am EDT

Thanks for a great report and as always your photos are first class.
Mike.

Kvnfraley

AK

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Kvnfraley on Jun 24, 2020June 24th, 2020, 5:49 am EDT

Great photos and picturesque area. Its super cool to see those moose wandering around scrub country. I grew up hunting mule deer in NW Montana, I think it is quite a bit easier there because there are fewer people willing to hump it into the alpine to go after muleys, and most just focus on whitetails in the lowlands. I have a backcountry elk hunt planned in MT this September, really looking forward to hunting in MT again for the first time in 10+ years

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Jun 29, 2020June 29th, 2020, 6:11 am EDT

Good luck on your elk hunt!

I'm thinking of hunting MT soon. For this year I'm focusing on Idaho and trying to connect with a mule deer finally, although last year had me wishing I had an elk tag most days. It's a tough tag for a nonresident to draw in the area I was hunting, not a general rifle season.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist