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.

I like this one. Glacial river, taiga, tundra, and the perpetual ice cover of a massive high ridge dozens of miles away in the Wrangell Mountains.

From the Copper River in Alaska

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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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Ton's question about behavioral drift

Martinlf

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Martinlf on Sep 11, 2007September 11th, 2007, 10:26 am EDT

I notice that Ton recently posted a question elsewhere about caddis larvae's mode of drifting--clothed or in the buff? (that is with or without case)

I believe they do both, depending on the species, but await correction from Taxon or Konchu on this if I'm mistaken. Or more detail.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Taxon

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Taxon on Sep 11, 2007September 11th, 2007, 10:55 am EDT

Louis-

I would agree with your belief. I didn't respond to Ton's question, as it appeared to be directed to Jason.

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Roger Rohrbeck
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Konchu

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Konchu on Sep 11, 2007September 11th, 2007, 12:40 pm EDT

ditto

Ton
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Ton on Sep 14, 2007September 14th, 2007, 5:56 am EDT

Thanks guys for your responses to my post. You know, I've heard of patterns that actually impale sand particles (via a glue base) all around a dubbed base of a fly for extreme realistic drifting case patterns. I'll stop short of doing that.

Drifting away now,
ton

Mcjames
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Mcjames on Sep 14, 2007September 14th, 2007, 7:12 am EDT

I "evicted" a caddis larva from its casing a few seasons ago and glued the case over a caddis larva pattern. But I haven't tried it yet-- feels almost like I'd be cheating. I keep it in my "experimental" fly box. One of these days I'll give it a shot. I've read that cased caddis constitute a substantial portion of the trout's winter diet.

http://www.troutnut.com/topic/857#4316

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