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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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

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.

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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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Bluemoon
Amherst Co.,Va.

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Bluemoon on Feb 21, 2011February 21st, 2011, 1:45 pm EST

Have seen lots of pics taken in NY's Catskills.As a teen(mid 60's) i spent time at my aunts house(rt.55A) overlooking the Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan,Co.,NY
I also remember seeing trout in the stream that flowed through the town of Grahamsville which was near by.
Are any of your posted pics of the Rondout Res. or of the stream in Grahamsville ?
Thanks...love your site !

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Feb 21, 2011February 21st, 2011, 5:37 pm EST

I don't have any Rondout Reservoir pics, nor any of the stream (apparently Chestnut Creek) that flows through Grahamsville. I do have some scenery pics from Rondout Creek, which is just up the road a couple miles. It was very pretty but I didn't catch any fish.

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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

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Gutcutter on Feb 22, 2011February 22nd, 2011, 1:31 am EST

but jason, did you find any bugs?

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Troutnut on Feb 22, 2011February 22nd, 2011, 7:48 am EST

I don't think I sampled any bugs there. I spent a pretty short amount of time on Rondout, and more on some other creeks in the area that day.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist