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.

I spent more than an hour casting to several rising trout in this pool and caught only two. Its clear water and tricky currents harbor dozens of free-rising, usually very hard-to-catch fish.

From Enfield Creek in New York

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Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.

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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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Last days of October......

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Oct 30, 2007October 30th, 2007, 12:32 pm EDT

My fishing season is coming to an end.....
The photos were greater than 1024kb.
I resized them...... I hope they fit now!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/deb2e416.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/532a7627.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/12774d8f.jpg
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/6a5c3001.jpg

Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g.

C/R........barbless

CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

Posts: 653

CaseyP on Oct 31, 2007October 31st, 2007, 2:54 pm EDT

oh, yes, indeed! pretty water and lovely photographs--thank you for posting them.

"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 1:41 am EDT

Casey/others,
Evidently the photo size is still too big because the photos did not appear in the post.
In this case you must 'copy & paste' the link in the 'title box' at the top of your screen and click on those arrows or GO....... not sure everyone is aware of that.
Take your camera along with you.
Best wishes....

Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g.

C/R........barbless

IEatimago
Spring Mills, PA

Posts: 97

IEatimago on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 1:57 am EDT

IEatimago
Spring Mills, PA

Posts: 97

IEatimago on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 1:59 am EDT

you cant for get the image code,
.....[.img]link to photo here[./img]like this exept with out the periods.

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 3:57 am EDT

In the initial post there is a feature called 'Save and add Pictures' where you can add up to 10 photos. That was the method I was trying to use. It worked OK for the 'Lehigh River' post , but it didn't work in this post...... ???
I then went to my 'Photobucket' and added the photos by using the ' Direct Link mode', which just gives the link not the image........ see below
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/JKnPA/f3c6dc17.jpg

If you use the 'Img Code', you get this.........

Most of this is new to me, so I wasn't quite sure what the end result would be ..........

Anyway thanks for inserting the pictures......
# EDIT.....

John

Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g.

C/R........barbless

IEatimago
Spring Mills, PA

Posts: 97

IEatimago on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 6:48 am EDT

make the IMG lower case and you will no troubles.

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 109

Quillgordon on Nov 1, 2007November 1st, 2007, 7:10 am EDT

I did an 'EDIT' to the above post and the photo was inserted as you stated.
If that is the case then Photobucket needs to correct their code because they use