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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PaulRoberts on Apr 27, 2012April 27th, 2012, 10:44 am EDT
Apologies for the pic quality. They were digitized from 35mm transparencies.
Entoman on Apr 27, 2012April 27th, 2012, 11:19 am EDT
Hi Paul,
I'm assuming these are from your NY days and small? Besides being an immature perlid & an immature heptageniid, I can't tell any more from the photos. What do you think they are?
I'm assuming these are from your NY days and small? Besides being an immature perlid & an immature heptageniid, I can't tell any more from the photos. What do you think they are?
"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
PaulRoberts on Apr 27, 2012April 27th, 2012, 1:49 pm EDT
Not biting, eh? I'd like to wait (or bait) on Creno and Konchu. However I'll spare everyone the one-sided glee (mine) in knowing that they are from China. I caught them there in a little mountain stream that also contained freshwater crabs that look just like saltwater crabs! Very weird.
What's cool is the similarity to the critters we know here, a clue as to the stunning age of these lineages, and the geologic forces that eventually separated them.
What's cool is the similarity to the critters we know here, a clue as to the stunning age of these lineages, and the geologic forces that eventually separated them.
Entoman on Apr 27, 2012April 27th, 2012, 4:22 pm EDT
Ha! Very good... I figured you were up to something with those little spikes off the back of the stonefly legs.:)
"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
Creno on Apr 27, 2012April 27th, 2012, 7:17 pm EDT
I know nothin about stonies and mayflies - other than they are just another part of the fish food
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