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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With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.
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Troutnut on Feb 13, 2012February 13th, 2012, 3:46 pm EST
These photos by photographer Kim Taylor are amazing. Here's my favorite:
I don't feel quite so bad about not taking pictures that cool when I read about all the fancy setup he did to take them in a studio setting, rather than in the wild, but I also agree with his argument that that's a legitimate way to make some awesome artwork.
I don't feel quite so bad about not taking pictures that cool when I read about all the fancy setup he did to take them in a studio setting, rather than in the wild, but I also agree with his argument that that's a legitimate way to make some awesome artwork.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Wbranch on Feb 13, 2012February 13th, 2012, 4:20 pm EST
That looks like a very small trout or salmon - what is it and what trout has all those large spots on such a tiny body?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
PaulRoberts on Feb 13, 2012February 13th, 2012, 4:29 pm EST
It's one of the indigenous Japanese salmonids. Neat images, but obviously manipulated. I've done it too, as a method of illustration.
Jesse on Feb 14, 2012February 14th, 2012, 9:03 pm EST
Cool shot i must admit!
Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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