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 Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This dun emerged from a mature nymph on my desk. Unfortunately its wings didn't perfectly dry out.

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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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Little guessing game: Most-used words on this forum?

Troutnut

Administrator
Bellevue, WA

Posts: 2758

Troutnut on Apr 12, 2011April 12th, 2011, 10:15 am EDT

I'm making some exciting improvements to the site soon, and one of them is a feature to show "related topics" below each topic you read on the forum. Part of tweaking that algorithm involved generating a list of the most commonly used words in all posts (not titles) on this forum, and it wasn't exactly what I expected.

So, everyone can try to guess the most used words with at least four letters on this forum. After a while I'll post the answer, a list of all words with 4 or more letters that are used 5 or more times on the whole forum, in order of usage.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

Posts: 470

Gutcutter on Apr 12, 2011April 12th, 2011, 12:45 pm EDT

my guesses:
trout troutnut mayfly caddis nymph emerger pupae larvae larval shuck jason gonzo spence

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-Robert Traver, Trout Madness

Entoman

Northern CA & ID

Posts: 2604

Entoman on Apr 12, 2011April 12th, 2011, 6:37 pm EDT

In addition to Tony's fine list (including the characters) :)

bugs, flies, know, where, what, when, good, perhaps, maybe, always, believe, probably, common(ly), uncommon(ly)

Regards,

Kurt

"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

Flatstick96

Posts: 127

Flatstick96 on Apr 13, 2011April 13th, 2011, 6:02 am EDT

"Fish"

Aaron7_8

Helena Montana

Posts: 115

Aaron7_8 on Apr 13, 2011April 13th, 2011, 12:52 pm EDT

I, The, And, Hatch.

CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

Posts: 653

CaseyP on Apr 13, 2011April 13th, 2011, 3:13 pm EDT

another vote for fish.

"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278

TNEAL on Apr 14, 2011April 14th, 2011, 12:27 am EDT

been; long; winter

TNEAL
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN

Posts: 278

TNEAL on Apr 14, 2011April 14th, 2011, 12:27 am EDT

been; long; winter

Creno
Grants Pass, OR

Posts: 302

Creno on Apr 14, 2011April 14th, 2011, 11:41 am EDT

How about some of those other days - gorgeous, splendid, clear, great, warm, calm, rising, etc. While I suspect they are in the minority, those are the words that make this site great for me! Oh - and caddis.

Konchu

Site Editor
Indiana

Posts: 498

Konchu on Apr 14, 2011April 14th, 2011, 2:16 pm EDT

The posts on this thread are getting perilously close to haiku...

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2474

Jmd123 on Apr 14, 2011April 14th, 2011, 3:23 pm EDT

Rods, reel(s), line, leader, knot, weight (as in "5-weight"), caught, lost, dries, wets, streamer(s)...

Jonathon

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

PaulRoberts

Colorado

Posts: 1776

PaulRoberts on Apr 15, 2011April 15th, 2011, 3:58 am EDT

fish, fishing, trout, ... flies?

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2474

Jmd123 on Apr 16, 2011April 16th, 2011, 6:54 am EDT

Tiny blue winged olives

(Notice these are actually all words with four or more letters...)

JMD

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

Shawnny3
Moderator
Pleasant Gap, PA

Posts: 1197

Shawnny3 on Apr 18, 2011April 18th, 2011, 10:03 am EDT

The posts on this thread are getting perilously close to haiku...

This is quite perilous, actually. Haiku in a thread Jason started - based on the law of cause and effect, he could be deemed responsible. I shudder to think what would happen to our little online world if he were banned...

-Shawn

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Troutnut

Administrator
Bellevue, WA

Posts: 2758

Troutnut on Apr 18, 2011April 18th, 2011, 4:12 pm EDT

So far it's okay but if I catch anyone doing 5-7-5 syllable lines there's going to be trouble!

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist