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

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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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Dorsal view of a Tricorythodes (Leptohyphidae) (Trico) Mayfly Nymph from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

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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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Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult

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Female Brachycentrus americanus (Brachycentridae) (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult from the Fall River in California

Size 11 mm. Prior to this photo the specimen dropped its large egg mass that was a very dark (almost black) olive sphere almost twice the diameter of the abdomen. Notice the abdomen visible through the wings is both thickened and shortened post egg drop.

Collected October 14, 2011 from the Fall River in California

Added by Entoman on October 21, 2011

Collected October 14, 2011 from the Fall River in California and added by Entoman on October 21, 2011

Creno
Grants Pass, OR

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Creno on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 10:26 am EDT

there is a link for the locality however the link does not work. Is it possible to include locality information with the image itself? That way when a link is broke in the future it is still possible to associate the specimen with the location, date, collector, etc.

Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 11:19 am EDT

Hi Dave,

It is supposed to. Already sent a PM to Jason to help me sort out what I'm doing wrong.

Regards,

Kurt

"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Oct 21, 2011October 21st, 2011, 11:43 am EDT

Dave, I'm helping get Kurt up to speed on making locations work right. These are his first additions to the site, and the system I've designed for keeping track of locations is a little bit confusing at first. Soon it'll all be fixed.

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist