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Photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #56 in Wisconsin

Recent forest service work has stabilized the alder-lined banks of this small trout stream and opened it up to sunlight, which helps increase its productivity. From Mystery Creek # 56 in Wisconsin.
Recent forest service work has stabilized the alder-lined banks of this small trout stream and opened it up to sunlight, which helps increase its productivity.
Date TakenMay 28, 2005
Date AddedFeb 8, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
This remote small brookie stream rarely gets fished, and perhaps for good reason.  I couldn't find any trout. From Mystery Creek # 56 in Wisconsin.
This remote small brookie stream rarely gets fished, and perhaps for good reason. I couldn't find any trout.
Date TakenMay 28, 2005
Date AddedFeb 8, 2006
AuthorTroutnut
Interesting vegetation grows around this shallow, remote spring pond at the headwaters of an obscure trout stream. From Mystery Creek # 56 in Wisconsin.
Interesting vegetation grows around this shallow, remote spring pond at the headwaters of an obscure trout stream.
Date TakenMay 28, 2005
Date AddedFeb 8, 2006
AuthorTroutnut

On-stream insect photos by Troutnut from Mystery Creek #56 in Wisconsin

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I took this picture of a scud from above the water's surface in a very shallow, clear, tiny bit of water at the margin of a little spring pond. From Mystery Creek # 56 in Wisconsin.
I took this picture of a scud from above the water's surface in a very shallow, clear, tiny bit of water at the margin of a little spring pond.
Date TakenMay 28, 2005
Date AddedFeb 8, 2006
AuthorTroutnut

Closeup insects by Troutnut from the Namekagon River and the Teal River in Wisconsin

Male Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly DunMale Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly Dun View 10 PicturesI collected this mayfly on the same trip as a female of the same species. After these photos it molted into a spinner. This is the form of Maccaffertium vicarium which anglers call the "Gray Fox."
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006
Female Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly SpinnerFemale Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly Spinner View 7 PicturesI collected this mayfly on the same trip as a male of the same species. They are Maccaffertium vicarium mayflies of the type formerly known as Stenonema fuscom, the "Gray Fox."
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006
Male Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly SpinnerMale Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly Spinner View 5 PicturesThis spinner comes from a dun I collected and photographed earlier.
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006
Female Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly DunFemale Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 7 PicturesThis specimen was collected on the same trip as a similar dun.
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006
Female Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly DunFemale Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 4 PicturesThis specimen was collected on the same trip as a similar dun.
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006

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