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.

Sunlight perfectly strikes the trees at a bend in the Foss River in the Washington Cascades.

From the Foss River in Washington

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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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Fish art by Ray Troll -- neat stuff

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Troutnut on Oct 17, 2006October 17th, 2006, 3:07 pm EDT

I went to a presentation tonight at Cornell by Ray Troll, an artist who focuses most of his work on biology and a lot of it on fish. He's got a website at http://www.trollart.com which shows several of his drawings and paintings, although a lot of my favorite ones aren't on the site. It was great to see them projected on a big screen during his presentation. The detail doesn't jump out like that on the website, but it's still very much worth checking out.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

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Fairbanks AK

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Zzcanton on Oct 17, 2006October 17th, 2006, 5:13 pm EDT

there's no ho like coho, thats a classic. good stuff, i think i need to order a few shirts, Logan