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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I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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FredH on Mar 21, 2011March 21st, 2011, 2:25 pm EDT
I combined aspects of realistic and traditional tying to create what i hope will be a productive fly.
Shawnny3 on Mar 22, 2011March 22nd, 2011, 6:31 am EDT
Interesting combination of approaches, Fred. Let us know what the fish think.
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FredH on Mar 22, 2011March 22nd, 2011, 7:32 am EDT
Thanks Shawn. Not really happy with my feather choice for the soft hackle so I'll tie a couple of more with a different hackle and some with wings and see what the fish like better.
Fred
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FredH on Mar 24, 2011March 24th, 2011, 3:26 am EDT
A couple more pics
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