Landscape & scenery photos from the Bois Brule River
A small brown trout jumps at the end of my line. Photo by Sandy Neuswanger. Yes, the most popular photo on this website was taken by my mom when I handed off the camera to play this fish!
Fish don't get any better than this.
Date AddedJul 1, 2006
CameraPENTAX Optio WPi
A whitetail deer pretends to be a moose, sticking its head underwater to graze on rich aquatic vegetation.
Here I'm looking through the sampling net for interesting nymphs, some of which ended up on this site.
This gorgeous 9" brook trout fell for a size 20 spinner on a glassy spring-fed river.
Underwater photos from the Bois Brule River
A large schools of white suckers travels the headwaters of a famous midwestern trout stream.
A large schools of white suckers travels the headwaters of a famous midwestern trout stream.
Closeup insects from the Bois Brule River
Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph
View 10 PicturesThis male nymph is probably in its final instar (Instar: Many invertebrates molt through dozens of progressively larger and better-developed stages as they grow. Each of these stages is known as an instar. Hard-bodied nymphs typically molt through more instars than soft-bodied larvae.). The wing pads (
The wing pads on this final instar
Baetidae mayfly nymph are extremely dark.
Wing pad: A protrusion from the thorax of an insect nymph which holds the developing wings. Black wing pads usually indicate that the nymph is nearly ready to emerge into an adult.) are extremely black and the large turbinate (
This male
Baetidae dun has slightly turbinate eyes.
Turbinate: Shaped like a top or elevated on a stalk; usually refers to the eyes of some adult male Baetidae mayflies which are wider near the tip than at the base.) eyes are very apparent inside the nymph's head.
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