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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.

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.
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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Jesse on Apr 18, 2010April 18th, 2010, 7:08 am EDT
These were a few of the beautiful fish that i have been lucky enough to get the oportunity to cast to since being out west. The first two rainbows were actually false spawners that i caught while on the journey up the Missouri River. They were super fun to catch! The brown trout has been my largest fish landed since i have been in Montana. I managed to catch him in a small runoff creek from the Bitterroot River. The underwater picture was also a beautiful brown from that same creek. He stuck around for a while, but was eager to get back to the shelter of his lie.
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Jmd123 on Apr 18, 2010April 18th, 2010, 7:42 am EDT
Those are beautiful, Jesse! Well done.

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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