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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.

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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Oldredbarn on Jul 23, 2010July 23rd, 2010, 3:02 am EDT
This one's for Jon (Jmd123) and all those guys who voted the Woolly Bugger their #1 fly. This shop is in Charlevoix Michigan and it's a coffee shop/internet cafe and scrolled on the interior walls are fly fishing quotes from Hemingway, Zane Gray, etc...

We have an advertising campaign up here promoting tourism and it's catch phrase is "That's Pure Michigan"...Need I say more boys?

And you thought I forgot about you Trout Nuts while I was away!

Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Jmd123 on Jul 23, 2010July 23rd, 2010, 8:01 am EDT
I'll have to find my way there sooner or later...and when I do, I'll be sure to have a bunch of Woolly Buggers stuck in my fishing hat!!

Jonathon

P.S. "That's pure Michigan..."
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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