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.

Turquoise view of Upper Titcomb Lake

From Titcomb Basin in Wyoming

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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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Montana 2018

Wbranch has attached these 10 pictures to this report. The message is below.

My fishing partner on a spring creek in SW Montana.

Report at a Glance

General Region	Missouri River
Specific Location	Holter Dam to Craig
Dates Fished	July 05 - July 09
Time of Day	Varied
Fish Caught	Almost all rainbows
Conditions & Hatches	PMD's, Cinnamon caddis, Tricos, went to the Dark Side and nymphed with Zebra midges, small Hares Ear, and crayfish under an indicator.

Details and Discussion

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Jan 9, 2019January 9th, 2019, 2:26 am EST

Just wanted to post up some pictures of the 2018 trip. I may have already posted these pictures but to tell you the truth I can't remember if I did or not.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2474

Jmd123 on Jan 9, 2019January 9th, 2019, 4:46 am EST

How the heck do you guys get your fish to sit still for the photos??? More often than not the fish flips just as I'm ready to pull the trigger...do you guys just wear them out completely or something?

Beautiful, big fishies by the way! Well done as usual, Matt.

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2635

Wbranch on Jan 9, 2019January 9th, 2019, 7:02 am EST

How the heck do you guys get your fish to sit still for the photos???

Well that happens too where they wriggle free and sometimes fall right back into the river. Remember Jon I am a trout whisperer and I just tell them to behave and they settle down for the photo op.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Partsman

bancroft michigan

Posts: 321

Partsman on Jan 11, 2019January 11th, 2019, 10:48 am EST

Great pictures Matt, now if you could just whisper some 70 degree weather, a few caddis and a cold all day long IPA, and you could make me a believer! But in lieu of that the pictures really help.
Thanks, Mike.