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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.

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
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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Centrarchidae (Sunfish and Bass) Fish Adult Pictures

This is a Pumpkinseed sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus, which I caught unexpectedly in a trout stream a year before I started this site.

This fish was collected from the Marengo River in Wisconsin on July 1st, 2003 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25th, 2006.


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Centrarchidae (Sunfish and Bass) Fish Adult Pictures

Collection details
Location: Marengo River, Wisconsin
Date: July 1st, 2003
Added to site: January 25th, 2006
Author: Troutnut
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