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.

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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this 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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Black Dancer Caddisflies

This common name refers to only one species. Click its scientific name to learn more.

Caddisfly Species Mystacides sepulchralis

These are very rarely called Black Dancer Caddisflies.

Male Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult

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Male Mystacides sepulchralis (Leptoceridae) (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult from the West Branch of Owego Creek in New York

This was one of many of its species which were gathered in small, low-flying swarms of about a dozen insects near the alder trees in the afternoon on a small stream.

Collected August 21, 2006 from the West Branch of Owego Creek in New York

Added by Troutnut on August 23, 2006

Collected August 21, 2006 from the West Branch of Owego Creek in New York and added by Troutnut on August 23, 2006

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