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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.

A trackless paradise two days deep in the Yellowstone backcountry From Mystery Creek # 218 in Wyoming

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.
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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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View over Ninilchik to volcanic Mt Iliamna From Cook Inlet in Alaska
Sunset over the Alaska Railroad tracks along the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, photographed on my drive back home to Fairbanks from the Kenai Peninsula. From Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet in Alaska
Railroad along the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet From Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet in Alaska
Sunset on the Homer Spit From Cook Inlet in Alaska
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