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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Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Onocosmoecus (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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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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New stream side friends

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Rfberan

OH

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Rfberan on Jul 31, 2020July 31st, 2020, 1:02 am EDT

Accidently sat next to two new friends streamside on PA trip last weekend.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Jul 31, 2020July 31st, 2020, 5:20 am EDT

Ug! I see one in the left side of the photo but not the other. Friends like that you don't need.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jul 31, 2020July 31st, 2020, 5:56 am EDT

Yikes!

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

--Fred Chappell

Stickstring
Kalispell MT

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Stickstring on Aug 1, 2020August 1st, 2020, 3:25 am EDT

I have a problem with snakes. Iâ€™ll take bumping moose or grizzly bears everyday over snakes....

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Aug 10, 2020August 10th, 2020, 5:56 am EDT

Looks like genuine timber rattlers to me. Those poor things are just about on the endangered species list! Be happy that you saw them, from a safe distance...they're not common.

Jonathon

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