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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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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Tugela River near Weenen
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I live on a seasonal river which is prone to flooding most of the summer months and so only really get to fly fish in the Spring and Fall. Now and again i'll get invited out to fish some up country river or lake but it is on the Tugela River near the small forgotten town of Weenen that I fish for yellowfish (a species closely related to Mahseer) and catfish with fly most of the time.
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