Lateral view of a Female Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeridae) (Hex) Mayfly Dun from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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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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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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Fiberglas rod wrap- any wisdom here?

Roguerat

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Roguerat on Sep 6, 2011September 6th, 2011, 5:28 am EDT

I'm planning to wrap a Lamiglas FG blank over the winter, just wondering if anybody out there has used Lamiglas blanks and can share an opinion on quality, action, and so on. I"m looking at a small-stream rod, 2 or 3 wt at most and 6'6" or 7' 0" long.

other than that, I in serious fishing withdrawal- lately either I'm working my day off or it's rained heavily the day before and the rivers are unwadeable. going on 3 weeks, not fun at all...

I Peter 5:7...'Cast your cares upon Him'