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Lateral view of a Female Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeridae) (Hex) Mayfly Dun from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Hex Mayflies
Hexagenia limbata

The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.
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Updates from June 29, 2011

Updates from June 29, 2011

Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Touchet River in Washington

Female Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from the Touchet River in Washington

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GONZO
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GONZO on Jul 2, 2011July 2nd, 2011, 8:42 am EDT
This appears to be a female dun.
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Troutnut on Jul 2, 2011July 2nd, 2011, 1:40 pm EDT
Thanks Lloyd. I fixed it. When someone is adding as many new specimens as Bob has lately, it's easy to accidentally skip over one of the little dropdown menus and leave it set to the default, and the site doesn't have automatic safeguards against overlooking stuff like that... so the users are the safeguard.
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