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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Clostoeca disjuncta (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva Clostoeca disjuncta (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.

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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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Catch and Release

Hellgramite
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Hellgramite on Jan 11, 2009January 11th, 2009, 9:25 am EST

Catch and Release GOOD or BAD?

Shawnny3
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Shawnny3 on Jan 11, 2009January 11th, 2009, 11:38 am EST

Do a quick search and you'll find that this topic has been discussed on this forum a number of times from slightly different angles. Here's one of them:

http://www.troutnut.com/topic/748

I don't mean to stunt the thread, because many may want to weigh in on this topic, I just wanted folks to be aware that there are a lot of other similar threads that might be worth digging up, especially since some very knowledgeable people who posted in previous threads are currently on hiatus.

-Shawn

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