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.
I found this lone Hexagenia atrocaudata dun fluttering by herself on the surface of a small, still stretch of river one evening as I paddled home from fishing for smallmouths in the warm August weather.
This mayfly was collected from the Teal River in Wisconsin on August 5th, 2005 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 14th, 2006.