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.
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
Roguerat on Aug 25, 2020August 25th, 2020, 11:42 pm EDT
Landon-
it's been a couple days on this so I'm taking a shot at it,
I'd suggest you look up local fly shops- if any in the area of this stream- and check their fishing reports for latest conditions etc.
Based on older correspondence and posts from WI anglers- along with some similarities with MI- I'd hazard that temps are higher and flows are lower, this is in keeping with the time of year and all...could be sketchy fishing.
If you got out I hope you hooked into something, and welcome to a most educational and friendly site- hope to hear more from you!