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.

I caught several wild and colorful 8-9 inch brook trout in the clear little pool below this waterfall.

From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York

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Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Epeorus albertae (Heptageniidae) (Pink Lady) Mayfly Nymph from the East Fork Issaquah Creek in Washington

This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.

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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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Troutnut on Jan 3, 2007January 3rd, 2007, 5:17 am EST

Well it's a bit off topic, but this is one of the funniest image generators I've seen, at least for fellow fans of the Colbert Report:

(Explanation for non-fans: That's the "on notice" board he uses to issue warnings to various people and inanimate objects.)

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Martinlf on Jan 4, 2007January 4th, 2007, 12:33 am EST

Hilarious. I hope you saw the warning, "If you try to hotlink the "On Notice" boards, other people will be invited to ridicule you." Though most of us are immune to ridicule by now.

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Troutnut on Jan 4, 2007January 4th, 2007, 4:49 am EST

Yeah. "Hotlink" means linking to the image while it's on their server. I saved a copy and put it on my server, so now I'm forever immune to ridicule...

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