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.

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Bowmandjk
erie,penna

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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

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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.'"

--Fred Chappell

Flybinder
Oregon Coast

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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!

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Mcjames
Cortland Manor, NY

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Mcjames on Dec 26, 2007December 26th, 2007, 11:57 pm EST

My experience mirrors that of Flybinder... many shattered beads

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