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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This seems to be a young larva of Limnephilus. Although not clear in the picture, several ventral abdominal segments have chloride epithelia.
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By Troutnut on September 28th, 2021
After a few days of tiring legwork and mild frustration with the elk, I paused my cow elk hunt for one morning to recharge my batteries with some light trout fishing. I caught quite a few mid-sized cutthroat in a few hours of moderate action, then drove back to the elk woods to pack camp into a new spot in the evening.
Photos by Troutnut from the Greys River in Wyoming
