I have seen a few blue quills that early, too... they're pretty spread out.

Speaking of amazing takes, has anybody caught that "Planet Earth" special on the Discovery Channel lately? They have one episode with Great White Sharks hammering seals off the coast of South Africa... a two-ton fish leaping 5 feet out of the water with prey in its mouth as large as a man. And...

Great to hear! I'm heading to the Catskills this weekend for my first real fishing trip of the year. I can't wait to see rising trout over 10 inches long again.

In the last few weeks I've made three different trips to photograph the fall colors on two of my favorite small trout streams and one new one. The catching ranged from bad to worse, but the fishing was outstanding. I never really managed to find a spot where all the reds and yellows were...

Interesting detective case you've got going here! Unfortunately it's not quite as fancy as you're making it out to be. I took the brookies with a little Pentax Optio WPi, which fits pretty easily in my left hand. I held the trout with my right hand and the camera with my left and pressed the...

Since I finished the 20-month overhaul of Troutnut.com about a month ago I've been catching up on lost time, trying to make up for all the fishing I missed as I computer-programmed my way through May and June. I put most of my new stream pictures online yesterday, with a bunch of new bugs -- a...

Hey, thanks for posting it here. :) You're definitely right about that. Ted Fauceglia takes more artistic pictures, too. I'm trying to take lots of pictures of each stage of each species to make it easy to tie imitations and as easy as possible to identify them. So it's more about...

I've been selling stuff in my website's new gift shop a little more slowly than I'd like. I'm sure it's partially just because it's in its first month and traffic is always slow at first, but I'm also looking for feedback to help me improve my designs and figure out what people want. I'm...

Another great book that deals a lot with color issues is "The Dry Fly: New Angles" by Gary LaFontaine. One of the best books there is I think.

Gotta love days like that. :)

I just updated my website with photos of about 33 new critters, mostly adult mayflies, some really cool caddis pupae, etc. And I changed the look of the whole site to be a little cleaner and more professional (I think). I'd love to hear any questions/comments/recommendations/criticism/etc...

The hind wings on Baetis flies *are* really tiny and hard to see, especially on the smaller species. I'd suggest the magnifying glass. If there really are no hind wings I'd guess Pseudocloeon (now reclassified as Plauditus) or Cloeon... I think the difference is in the wing venation.

Every time I go fishing now I take my camera with its underwater housing and when I'm done playing with the trout I roll up my sleeves and play with the bugs. I've just added the pictures from my last several trips to my website... got some pretty neat ones. :) Here's the list of new...

Hehe, I don't even like going in 70 degree water in a snorkeling outfit. I'm just standing there in waders looking down into the water. It's amazing what you can see doing that if you look closely and focus on the little particles drifting by... sometimes lots of them are alive! :) Same goes...

Glad you like it Mark. You're right, it's something you've got to keep fresh I think. One thing you can do is just spend some time staring down at the bottom every time you go to the river... it's amazing how many of these things you can notice after a while just staring down at the bottom for...