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.

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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 Dec 7, 2011December 7th, 2011, 10:23 am EST

In case anyone was wondering, the site being down had nothing to do with the Chinese spammers that were recently attacking the forum. It was a problem with my web host affecting a bunch of their clients, and it's been fixed.

I'm pretty confident in saying I have the spammers beaten now. I put some powerful new anti-spam code in a few days ago, and since then they haven't posted a thing.

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Entoman on Dec 7, 2011December 7th, 2011, 9:01 pm EST

Thanks for all the work, Jason. Sorry you've had so much trouble lately. You probably needed all this like an ear infection. It's not as if you have nothing else going on in your life...:)

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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CaseyP on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 5:23 am EST

thank you, Jason! your passion for bugs, fishing, and this site make a lot of lives much happier.

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PaulRoberts on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 6:25 am EST

Thanks, Jason!

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Oldredbarn on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 7:56 am EST

Jason,

I just figured that everything up your way, server and all, had just froze up...and you were out looking for some wood for the stove and it would thaw out eventually...Maybe June or so. :)

Stay warm! Thanks!

Spence

"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

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Troutnut on Dec 8, 2011December 8th, 2011, 4:14 pm EST

The servers hosting this site are located in Chicago. Of course, most people would still call that a cold place. Compared to Fairbanks, though... ha ha HA HA ha HA ha ha HA HA HA ha ha HA ha HA HA HA etc...

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