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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Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Ventral view of a Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.

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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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Darn Ithaca rain -- just my luck!

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Aug 19, 2006August 19th, 2006, 8:49 am EDT

Well, this is about right. I've held off on fishing more than about once a month this year while I worked all the time on getting this site up, looking forward to being done so I could get out and relax on the water. There were a few weeks of beautiful weather during the last stretch of work and early promotion, and now that I'm finally breathing a little easier and feel "free" to go fish...

RAIN! And rising, turbid trout streams with it. Drat.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

DeRidder
Corinth TX

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DeRidder on Aug 21, 2006August 21st, 2006, 9:42 am EDT

Pleeze send some down here to the Dallas area, I feel for you man , either feast or famine
Don

Pramster
Northern California

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Pramster on Aug 21, 2006August 21st, 2006, 4:08 pm EDT

Hey new to this board, is there a fly shop in Ithaca and do they rent rods and would they recommend a patch of water? Been in Aurora for a few days.

See you on the water!

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Aug 21, 2006August 21st, 2006, 4:57 pm EDT

You might try eFlyTyer, the website of a fly shop in Dryden, which is sort of a "suburb" of Ithaca. I met the guy on Fall Creek one time and he seems to take his shop pretty seriously.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Pramster
Northern California

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Pramster on Aug 22, 2006August 22nd, 2006, 12:52 am EDT

Thanks Jason. I'll look them up. H

See you on the water!