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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From the Susitna River in Alaska

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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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Perfect Sunday outing!

Report at a Glance

General Region	Northeast
Dates Fished	04/13/2008
Time of Day	2:00 - 6:15 PM
Fish Caught	WILD brown trout!
Conditions & Hatches	Beautiful 40 degree day! The water was nice and chilly, and the flow was about right (maybe a little low). No insects coming off of the water, save a midge or two; I did not seine the stream.

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Chris_3g
Posts: 59

Chris_3g on Apr 16, 2008April 16th, 2008, 1:29 pm EDT

The extent of my experience with wild trout is unfortunately limited (save a trip to Colorado last year), but I have to say that a full day spent catching wild browns brings on a new appreciation for trout. The coloration exhibited by these fish is amazing, and they fight as hard, if not harder, than stocked trout double their size (holdovers included). Anyway, I really just wanted to share a few pictures with you guys. Later!

It worked out that I couldn't attach pictures to the post, because I've been wanting to put together a Flickr page for a while. It's only a start, but here are some of the pictures from the outing I spoke of above. Enjoy.

Wild Browns

Chris.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 19, 2008April 19th, 2008, 9:03 pm EDT

Did you change the upper case
(User tried to post an image here without an source.)
to lower case?

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Troutnut

Administrator
Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Apr 19, 2008April 19th, 2008, 9:34 pm EDT

I think there's a bug in the photo uploading code. I really don't have time to find it right now.

One thing that should work, which Wbranch hinted at, is that you could upload the images elsewhere (like Imageshack or Flickr) and just use the img forum code tag to insert them here. That's not ideal but it might work for you in until I can find the other bug.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist