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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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JAD
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Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Dec 31, 2010December 31st, 2010, 11:52 am EST
Happy New year Troutnutters

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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Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Dec 31, 2010December 31st, 2010, 2:07 pm EST
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you Troutnutters! Let's hope 2011 is a better year than 2010, even though I did catch some really nice fish this year. 2010 wasn't really a good year for me, as every time I thought I was FINALLY going back to work, it got delayed or cancelled. I am anticipating moving to northern lower Michigan in the next few weeks to start my life up again. I will be in Fishing Central up there what with the AuSable, the Rifle, the AuGres, the Pine, etc...not to mention lakes and many warmwater fisheries, and Lake Huron itself. That will hopefully make up for the last three unemployed years of my life.

Here's wishing you all tight lines and dancing trout (or your favorite warnmwater species) on the end of them in the year ahead!!!!

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

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Shanti on Dec 31, 2010December 31st, 2010, 6:15 pm EST
Happy New Year everyone!

I believe it will be quite happy for this nut at least.
Within the next couple of weeks, plane tickets will be paid.
Destination; Big Sky Country, US.
A long way from home.
Somewhere, right now, a fish is rising.
And you´re at the computer..
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Wellsville, NY

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Softhackle on Jan 1, 2011January 1st, 2011, 2:02 am EST
I hope everyone here has a great new year.

Mark
"I have the highest respect for the skilled wet-fly fisherman, as he has mastered an art of very great difficulty." Edward R. Hewitt

Flymphs, Soft-hackles and Spiders: http://www.troutnut.com/libstudio/FS&S/index.html
CaseyP
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Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

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CaseyP on Jan 1, 2011January 1st, 2011, 2:46 pm EST
Happy New Year to all my virtual buddies. Here's to another great year of buggy questions and answers, and those priceless observations on the angling world in general!
"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jan 2, 2011January 2nd, 2011, 9:53 am EST
Best wishes Troutnuts!!
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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