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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Lateral view of a Female Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Adult from the Columbia River in Washington

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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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Dytiscid Adults

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Taxon on Oct 6, 2009October 6th, 2009, 7:18 pm EDT

These Predaceous Diving Beetle adults were collected in a kick-net sample from a W. WA foothills river. Although adults, they are barely more than 2mm in length, and have really incredible swimming speed for their size. Although they have been identified to genera as Oreodytes, I am hoping a Dytiscid expert will see this post, and be identify them to species.

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Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

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