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 one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their larvae.
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Wbranch on Aug 3, 2008August 3rd, 2008, 6:33 am EDT
Is today's banner from the upper Mongaup Creek in NYS near the conservation camp?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Troutnut on Aug 3, 2008August 3rd, 2008, 5:48 pm EDT
No, but good guess! There are some pics somewhere on this site from that stretch of Mongaup, I think. I've got lots of bugs from there. (When I fished it, I didn't catch anything... maybe 1 small brookie.)
Today's header is from the nearby West Fork of the Neversink.
Also, here's a link to the one we're talking about, since it will change tomorrow and leave everybody confused:
http://www.troutnut.com/im_header/header_63.jpg
Today's header is from the nearby West Fork of the Neversink.
Also, here's a link to the one we're talking about, since it will change tomorrow and leave everybody confused:
http://www.troutnut.com/im_header/header_63.jpg
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Wbranch on Aug 3, 2008August 3rd, 2008, 6:37 pm EDT
The upper Mongaup near the conservation camp used to have plentiful wild browns in the 9" - 12" class. Then in late September and into October if you went right where the damn is almost across the street from the camp pond you might see twenty plus large browns milling around staging for their spawning event. Many would be in a 18" - 24" range. However the season closes September 30 so all you could do was look and drool.
It is in the upper Mongaup where I once saw a male brookie courting a female brown on a redd.
It is in the upper Mongaup where I once saw a male brookie courting a female brown on a redd.
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
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