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 spent more than an hour casting to several rising trout in this pool and caught only two. Its clear water and tricky currents harbor dozens of free-rising, usually very hard-to-catch fish.

From Enfield Creek in New York

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Glossosoma (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Glossosoma (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.

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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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GldstrmSam

Fairbanks, Alaska

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GldstrmSam on Feb 21, 2012February 21st, 2012, 11:56 am EST

I am looking for the post that has a link to the fly tying website that teaches how to weave embroidery thread. Sorry if I was not that clear, but that is all that I remembered from it.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. ~Patrick F. McManus

Entoman

Northern CA & ID

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Entoman on Feb 22, 2012February 22nd, 2012, 8:37 am EST

Hey Sam,

I think this is the thread you're looking for.

http://www.troutnut.com/topic/6478/Heeeeere-Fluffy

In the future, there are two ways you can find old threads.

1. If you contributed - Go to your personal profile page ("my home" button, just to the right of "Welcome...") and scroll through your topic list.

2. If you didn't contribute (or don't remember if you did) - go to the little box just below the "log out/my home" buttons. There enter in a key word (in this case embroidery) and click on the little google button.

Hope this helps!

"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

GldstrmSam

Fairbanks, Alaska

Posts: 212

GldstrmSam on Mar 3, 2012March 3rd, 2012, 1:08 pm EST

Thanks Kurt!

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. ~Patrick F. McManus