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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Falsifly on May 3, 2011May 3rd, 2011, 8:39 pm EDT
Born in Denver CO. and moved to Hayward WI. at the age of one. He cut his baby teeth fishing on the Namekagon but beckoned to the call of his native state where he now resides once again. Fortunate for me I have an excuse to depart westward for the reunion of father, son and the holy trout. I have just as much fun, if not more, snapping pictures like these than I do fishing. I use to out fish Justin, but he’s starting to kick my butt regularly, and when he does the browbeating is relentless. I’m reminded now of how frustrated I was when my dad caught all the fish, but it seems he’s turning the table on me.
PS. Check out the last photo in full size, Jason's new panoramic feature sure is cool! Thanks Jason
PS. Check out the last photo in full size, Jason's new panoramic feature sure is cool! Thanks Jason
Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Oldredbarn on May 4, 2011May 4th, 2011, 7:14 am EDT
and when he does the browbeating it is relentless
Pops...You know what they say about pay-backs...;)
Humility a stream is the highest level of angling and most time the wisest...One never knows when them trout might decide to play hard-to-get or when ones son grows up to out fish you...
Nice post and lets work on getting Justin up and running on TroutNut...Looks like he learned something from you there, dad!
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Motrout on May 4, 2011May 4th, 2011, 5:35 pm EDT
Great pictures. Very pretty.
I want to ask what river, but I doubt I'd get an answer.
I want to ask what river, but I doubt I'd get an answer.
"I don't know what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know."-John Gierach
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Falsifly on May 6, 2011May 6th, 2011, 3:05 am EDT
This is a shot looking northward toward, the not too distant, Durango CO. The pictures were taken on the San Juan during the month of March.
Falsifly
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Motrout on May 6, 2011May 6th, 2011, 6:18 pm EDT
I've never gotten a chance to fish the San Juan-hence I couldn't recognize it:)
But its on the bucket list for sure, especially after seeing those pics.
But its on the bucket list for sure, especially after seeing those pics.
"I don't know what fly fishing teaches us, but I think it's something we need to know."-John Gierach
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
http://fishingintheozarks.blogspot.com/
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