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.

I like this one. Glacial river, taiga, tundra, and the perpetual ice cover of a massive high ridge dozens of miles away in the Wrangell Mountains.

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Dorsal view of a Sweltsa (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This species was fairly abundant in a February sample of the upper Yakima.

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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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Wolf River

John
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John on Sep 29, 2006September 29th, 2006, 9:38 am EDT

OK, I've always wanted to fish the Wolf, but never made it. Finally went this week. Read up on it; listened to the LaFontaine tape etc... Beautiful river, nice BWO hatch, no fish. Well, two nice sized chub. What's the story on the Wolf?

Did go up to the Hunting. There found several pods of fish (hundreds in a 6 ft circle). Are these my Wolf fish getting it on? If so why such a large pod?

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Troutnut on Sep 29, 2006September 29th, 2006, 3:02 pm EDT

I've never fished the Wolf, but it's got a reputation for being a bit like the Namekagon: great river, but without a lot of luck you're likely to walk away swearing the river has nothing but minnows the first dozen times you fish it. I'm sure some here know more about it, though.

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Bflat
central wisconsin

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Bflat on Apr 16, 2008April 16th, 2008, 2:49 pm EDT

I fished the Wolf a lot in the 90's. It's the kind of river that's just on sometimes, and unaccountably off, others. Sometimes I'd have a great day, go again the next day under similar conditions and get skunked. The trout density is lower than the river looks like it should have. So lots of the fishy looking spots are void of trout. Solution: cover a lot of water, quickly. The Wolf suffers from high temperatures. I've heard it has not been fishing well in recent years. It's one of those rare midwestern streams that looks like a western freestone stream. Therein lies it's attraction, I think. Don't overlook the Wolf's smallmouths.

Bob

Bflat