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 specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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Bowmandjk on Dec 25, 2007December 25th, 2007, 12:02 am EST
hey guys im interrested in tying some nymphs using glass beads i saw some done and they looked pretty good can you share any recipes or web pages on them thanks
Martinlf on Dec 25, 2007December 25th, 2007, 6:40 am EST
Use Google and search Mercury Midge. That should get you started.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
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Flybinder on Dec 25, 2007December 25th, 2007, 6:25 pm EST
Just a "suggestion, from past experiences"........
I used to tie up and fish several glass bead flies and I liked the way they looked, above and below, the surface.
I started, by merely tying any pattern bead head and replacing the brass/chrome, bead, with a glass one. They can fish.
BUT......... I also stopped tying them, when I began having to throw away, perfectly good flies..... because the glass bead shattered, hitting an underwater rock and/or obstruction. Smack one,even against a branch, with the speed that a normal back cast travels and you can also, often, kiss that fly good-bye!
So, now, I tie my glass bead head flies in the same manner but use PLASTIC beads of the same colors/sizes, I was tying with before. Haven't noticed a BIT of difference, in light refraction, between the plastic and the glass and neither have I busted a plastic bead on anything yet!!?!
(key word, being..........."YET"!?).
Anyhoooo............ just a suggestion and my own .02 worth!
I used to tie up and fish several glass bead flies and I liked the way they looked, above and below, the surface.
I started, by merely tying any pattern bead head and replacing the brass/chrome, bead, with a glass one. They can fish.
BUT......... I also stopped tying them, when I began having to throw away, perfectly good flies..... because the glass bead shattered, hitting an underwater rock and/or obstruction. Smack one,even against a branch, with the speed that a normal back cast travels and you can also, often, kiss that fly good-bye!
So, now, I tie my glass bead head flies in the same manner but use PLASTIC beads of the same colors/sizes, I was tying with before. Haven't noticed a BIT of difference, in light refraction, between the plastic and the glass and neither have I busted a plastic bead on anything yet!!?!
(key word, being..........."YET"!?).
Anyhoooo............ just a suggestion and my own .02 worth!
Flybinder:
"You should'a been here, NEXT week,the fishing's great!"
"You should'a been here, NEXT week,the fishing's great!"
Mcjames on Dec 26, 2007December 26th, 2007, 11:57 pm EST
My experience mirrors that of Flybinder... many shattered beads
I am haunted by waters
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