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.

Two major forks of this grayling stream come together in this pretty pool.

From the Chena River in Alaska

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Dorsal view of a Limnephilidae (Giant Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen resembled several others of around the same size and perhaps the same species, which were pretty common in my February sample from the upper Yakima. Unfortunately, I misplaced the specimen before I could get it under a microscope for a definitive ID.

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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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New photography forum section

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Dec 3, 2006December 3rd, 2006, 1:46 pm EST

Some of you have requested a forum section for sharing photographs, and it seems like a good place to discuss photographic equipment and techniques too. So I've added the Photography section to the forum for all that.

I'm also moving some existing photo-related topics over to that section. Let's make good use of it!

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Gripngrin
Front Range - Colorado

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Gripngrin on Dec 3, 2006December 3rd, 2006, 2:40 pm EST

Awesome, J !

Please share specs for submission of photos.

Mike

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Troutnut

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Troutnut on Dec 3, 2006December 3rd, 2006, 2:59 pm EST

It should accept any jpegs smaller than 1 megabyte. So it won't take high-resolution unresized pictures straight from the camera, but just about any typical screen size image should work.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

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