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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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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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Report at a Glance

General Region	Catskills
Specific Location	West Branch of Delaware and Beaver Kill
Dates Fished	5/31/05
Time of Day	9 AM - 1 PM
Fish Caught	4 Brown Trout: 3 were ~ 10 inches, one ~ 17 inches
Conditions & Hatches	A few large brown mayflies, and some "giant" looking stoneflies.

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Willy

Chicago, IL

Posts: 47

Willy on Jun 1, 2006June 1st, 2006, 6:08 am EDT

Caught 2 fish on the West Branch on CDC and Elk in about a size 10 or 12. Both were the village idiots, for their jaws were ripped to shreds.

On the Beaverkill, drifted nymphs through fast water. Got one small brown, then broke off a very large fish on a big stonefly nymph. Then caught and landed a 17 inch brown on a stonefly nymph. His mouth was beat up too, and it had someone else's fly in it.

Not much insect activity, it was about 85 degrees and sunny. Some caddis on the West Branch and some big mayflies and stoneflies on the Beaver Kill.

Check out my fishing pictures on Instagram.

Njflytyer
Belvidere.NJ

Posts: 6

Njflytyer on Jun 19, 2007June 19th, 2007, 12:26 pm EDT

Willy, Thanks for shareing, and cograts on your catch. G;ad to see how it's done.Also enjoyed the picture. Tight Lines, Chris

Martinlf