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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Adirman

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Adirman on Aug 7, 2020August 7th, 2020, 8:56 am EDT

Hey Guys,

Pulled out my copy of â€œTroutâ€ by Ray Bergman and started rereading this Tome Yet again; this will probably be the fifth time from cover to cover lol. This is , absolutely my favorite book of all time and, waxing nostalgic , I took a pic of the quote at the beginning to share . Hope you like

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Aug 7, 2020August 7th, 2020, 10:08 am EDT

Thanks Adirman, Im now looking for a copy of this. And yes I loved the quote, its this type of writing that brings some peace and quite in these loud and violent times. I recently purchased John Gierach's Dumb luck and the kindness of strangers, and I loved the book read it in one night. But it reminds of what life used to like, almost Andy Griffith like. I don't know, I wish we could just along, but I don't think its going to happen anytime soon, but there is always hope, and Im hoping!
Mike.