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I am trying to get to know Crane Creek a little better, and have been doing my best to slow things down a bit and pay better attention to more than just the fish. These are a few of the insects I saw hanging around the creek, could anyone help me identify them? Also what flies would you use to imitate them? Thanks.

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Pretty sure that top one is a stone fly. Can't tell what those are in the water though.

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Not sure that first one is a stone fly, once they hit adult stage they pretty stay out of the water.

The bottom picture is a bunch of scuds doing scud things.

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I think the first is a black caddis or grannom, which would be about right for this time of year. Black elk hair caddis would be a pattern to tye for the adult. Kinda hard to tell from the pic.

http://www.flyfishingwis.com/html/black_caddis.html

http://www.west-fly-fishing.com/entomology/caddis/grannom.shtml

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You need to take a better picture of the first insect. it could be a number of things, but it is definitely not a stone fly.

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