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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.

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
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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Brooklover
chester county pa

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Brooklover on Apr 24, 2008April 24th, 2008, 5:34 pm EDT
I havnt seen much on european trout on this site. what does it offer just curious. I know thats a broad question but maybe we could go country by country. Thought it could spark some educational an interesting conversation. Like what exactly is a an english chalk stream and does anything like them exist in america or elsewhere. Also are brown trout native to england and ireland or just to germany?

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