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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Lateral view of a Coleoptera (Beetle) Insect Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

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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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Spring has FINALLY arrived in the "backyard"

Jmd123 has attached these 10 pictures. The message is below.

Spring issuing from beneath the birches above!

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) - first wildflowers of Spring!!

"Three Pipes" - a popular stop for canoeists and kayakers

Clark's Marsh (was frozen last time I took pictures!)

Dinner time - leaving the river behind...

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Apr 9, 2011April 9th, 2011, 3:02 pm EDT

Well, the word from everyone around here is that the fishing is SLOOOW. This includes my own four hours of flinging flies on Thursday evening, more casting practice after a long cold Winter than anything. So, more photography...Enjoy!

Jonathon

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

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Apr 11, 2011April 11th, 2011, 7:23 am EDT

Well, it's Spring for REAL now - the frogs started calling in the lake behind my house last night! Spring peepers AND wood frogs, plus I heard coyotes yipping off in the distance, kicked up a whitetail in the dark on my way back up to the house from the lake, and even saw "glow-worms" in the grass along the shore (I think they're firefly larvae). It was warm, humid, and still, after a day in which our temperature reached an incredibly balmy 75F (at least)!

Fishing is STILL sloooooow - I threw big pike streamers off the Tawas pier yesterday evening for a couple of hours, no takers. A big ice sheet had moved in from across the bay and there were "icebergs" floating around all over the place...still not quite there yet.

Jonathon

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