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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.

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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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Underwater River Scenery Pictures, Page 2

Underwater River Scenery Pictures, Page 2

Underwater scenery from trout streams.

This is a tailed frog, genus Ascaphus that lives in cold fast streams of the west. Perhaps this critter is one reason that leech flies work in some trout streams.

From the Touchet River in Washington
The West Branch of Owego Creek in New York
Above and below a small brook trout stream.

From Spring Creek in Wisconsin
The Mystery Creek # 23 in New York
Here's the skeleton from some small mammal whose grave was a trout stream.
Here's the view from inside an algae bloom in a still backwater along a pristine small stream.

From Eighteenmile Creek in Wisconsin
Underwater moss and riffle bubbles.

From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York
The Sagavanirktok River in Alaska
The Mystery Creek # 19 in Wisconsin
Light reflected from air bubbles left ghostly wisps in this fairly long exposure picture beneath a riffle.  It's got an accidental artistic look.

From Eighteenmile Creek in Wisconsin
The fresh spring water here is so clear it's hard to believe it's an underwater picture at all.

From the Mystery Creek # 19 in Wisconsin
Plant life thrives year-round in this spring head, which never dips far below the temperature of the ground water.

From the Mystery Creek # 19 in Wisconsin
Plant life thrives year-round in this spring head, which never dips far below the temperature of the ground water.

From the Mystery Creek # 19 in Wisconsin
Here's the underside of a "lunker structure", a manmade undercut bank where trout love to hang out. It's amazing how much I've seen the trout use these things. I've also noticed that the best trout populations I've seen are in streams where lunker structures have been installed.

From the South Fork of the White River in Wisconsin
Mystery Creek # 42 in Pennsylvania
Light beams filter through a wavy surface.

From the Mystery Creek # 19 in Wisconsin
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