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.

Outlet stream of Upper Titcomb Lake

From Titcomb Basin in Wyoming

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Steve Rajeff and Bob Nauheim to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Join Us

MartyS
Sunnyvale, CA

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MartyS on Dec 24, 2006December 24th, 2006, 12:39 pm EST

FLY FISHING HALL OF FAME FEB 24, 2007

The NCCFFF Fly Fishing Hall of Fame will be held on Saturday night
February 24,2007 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in
Pleasanton, again in conjunction with the Fly Fishing Show at
its new location (http://www.flyfishingshow.com/pleasanton).
Hall of Fame will be held in the Palm Pavilion on the fairgrounds
close to the show. Advance registration is required because
dinner is included. Go to the show, join your friends, and
come to fun.

There will be two Hall of Fame inductees in 2007:

Steve Rajeff: San Francisco’s World Champion Caster from
The Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club recently won the
all-around ICSF championship in Ireland for the 14th time

Bob Nauheim: Angler’s Angler, President of
Fishing International and inventor of the
Crazy Charlie Fly (posthumously)

Complete details, flyer press release and
Registration form at:

http://www.nccfff.org/hof/hof.html

More information:
John Ryzanych HOF Chairman
T: 510-881-8210, Fax: 510-881-5588
john@iconproducts.net

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