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Updates from September 19, 2006

Mayflies

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Photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #43 and Fall Creek in New York

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This is one of the smallest trout streams I've fished with much success, and one of the most fun. Not every pool held eager trout but there were enough to keep things interesting.

StateNew York

Date TakenSep 19, 2006

Date AddedOct 4, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

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StateNew York

LocationFall Creek

Date TakenSep 19, 2006

Date AddedOct 4, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

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This beaver dam is an obstacle to trout migration, and the beaver pond is an obstacle to Troutnut migration. It made a big enough swamp that I turned around and headed downstream to fish a tributary of this small stream -- a good choice, as it turned out.

StateNew York

LocationFall Creek

Date TakenSep 19, 2006

Date AddedOct 4, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

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StateNew York

LocationFall Creek

Date TakenSep 19, 2006

Date AddedOct 4, 2006

AuthorTroutnut

CameraPENTAX Optio WPi

Closeup insects by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

Neophylax (Autumn Mottled Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 20 PicturesThis large caddisfly looks really neat close-up.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Male Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

View 14 PicturesThis dun molted most of the way into a spinner (though the wings got stuck) the evening after I photographed it, so I took some more photos of the spinner.

I found a female nearby, probably of the same species.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Female Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Dun

View 9 PicturesI found this dun on the same piece of stream as a similar spinner, probably of the same species.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Cheumatopsyche (Little Sister Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

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Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Female Epeorus vitreus (Sulphur) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Female Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Spinner

View 6 PicturesI found this spinner on the same piece of stream as a similar dun, probably of the same species.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Female Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

View 5 PicturesI found this female in the same area as a male with similar markings, probably of the same species.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

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Jargon Defined:

Dun: Mayflies have two adult stages. They first emerge from the water as duns (scientifically known as the subimago stage). They then molt into the spinner (imago) stage, in which they mate and die. Sometimes the word "dun" is confusingly used to refer to a brownish gray color in fly tying materials.

Spinner: There are two winged stages of adult mayflies. They emerge from the water as duns, molt on land (usually) into their fully mature stage, spinners. As spinners, they mate, lay eggs, and die.