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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.

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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Landscape & scenery photos from the Kuparuk River

The Kuparuk is known and written up in the guides as a good grayling fishery, but this is the only one I caught when I fished half a mile up from the road.  Grayling can be fairly migratory, and perhaps they were already elsewhere preparing for winter when I fished.
Kuparuk River

From the Kuparuk River in Alaska
A cow caribou behind the Kuparuk River, with the Philip Smith Mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the background.

From the Kuparuk River in Alaska
Kuparuk River

From the Kuparuk River in Alaska

On-stream insect photos from the Kuparuk River

This is Troutnut.com's first picture of a springtail, a type of six-legged, non-insect arthropod.  It's riding on the surface film under the mayfly's left tail.

From the Kuparuk River in Alaska
The Kuparuk River in Alaska
The Kuparuk River in Alaska
The Kuparuk River in Alaska
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