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.

Outlet stream of Upper Titcomb Lake

From Titcomb Basin in Wyoming

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Donis1 on Oct 7, 2017October 7th, 2017, 8:50 am EDT

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Wbranch on Oct 7, 2017October 7th, 2017, 11:56 am EDT

What is the content of the link you are providing?? Quite strange for a first time poster to offer a link with no introduction or text.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

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