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 seems to be a young larva of Limnephilus. Although not clear in the picture, several ventral abdominal segments have chloride epithelia.
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Oldredbarn on Oct 9, 2009October 9th, 2009, 3:18 am EDT
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
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Lastchance on Oct 9, 2009October 9th, 2009, 4:04 am EDT
I have the book. It's very interesting. Good stuff.
Bruce
Bruce
Lastchance on Oct 9, 2009October 9th, 2009, 4:04 am EDT
I have the book. It's very interesting. Good stuff.
Bruce
Bruce
JAD on Oct 13, 2009October 13th, 2009, 1:19 pm EDT
I have the book also, it's a interesting read.
JAD
JAD
They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,
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