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 Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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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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Other fishies I have caught on flies so far this season

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Largemouth from Clark's Marsh ("backyard", actually about a 40-minute walk from my house)

First bluegill of the season, from Sylvan Glen Lake in Troy downstate

First crappie and first flyrod fish of any species this season

Jmd123

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Jmd123 on May 12, 2011May 12th, 2011, 7:28 pm EDT

Here's some of those warmwater fishies I am so fond of, some from downstate and some from around here. None of them are very big but hey, you gotta start somewhere, especially after a long, cold, hard winter.

Jonathon

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

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Troutnut on May 12, 2011May 12th, 2011, 7:45 pm EDT

Wow, that's a beast of a pumpkinseed!

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on May 12, 2011May 12th, 2011

Well, he was fat, but I've caught bigger. I pulled a 9-incher out of the lake I used to live on in the West Branch, MI area (about an hour west of where I am now), fly fishing too. They bend the rod over pretty good! Almost as pretty as a brookie, too...

Jonathon

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

Flyman85
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Flyman85 on May 13, 2011May 13th, 2011, 2:21 am EDT

lots of different species for you,s over there, im jealous haha. for me its mainly the browns grayling chub and dace from the river and mainly rainbow and smaller portion of browns from resorvoirs and lakes

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Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on May 13, 2011May 13th, 2011, 10:54 am EDT

Flyman, the diversity of fisheries in my part of the world (northern lower Michigan) is just outrageous, and most if not all of them can be caught on flies if you know where, when, how, and what to use. Come visit us sometime and we'll set you up!

Jonathon

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

Flyman85
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Flyman85 on May 13, 2011May 13th, 2011, 11:40 am EDT

jmd
thanks for the invite,doubt il make it over there but if i did id take you up on your offer, few pints of stella tonight and wetting a line tommorrow.
cant wait!

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Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on May 13, 2011May 13th, 2011, 5:16 pm EDT

Hey Flyman, if you can send us some photos of your fishies! We would all like to see what you catch over there "across the pond", trout or otherwise.

Jonathon

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

Flyman85
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Flyman85 on May 16, 2011May 16th, 2011, 3:16 am EDT

alrite jmd?
yeah i will do, i need a new lead for my phone as i only have photos on phone. used to take my digital but it got dropped and smashed so had to replace it for pictures of my kids!
go to - www.yorkshireflyfishing.org.uk
have a look at tanfield and leighton theyre my favourite stillwaters, whoever wrote them is a numpty haha, leighton fishes well to buzzers and tanfield has the best evening hatches i'v ever seen! read my report on TRIP TO LEIGHTON, hope you enjoy and i'll post some pictures as soon as possible