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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.

Dorsal view of a Sweltsa (Chloroperlidae) (Sallfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
This species was fairly abundant in a February sample of the upper Yakima.
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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Feathers5
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Feathers5 on Oct 22, 2012October 22nd, 2012, 7:31 am EDT
Again, yesterday, the old adage about a BWO hatch occurring only during cloudy, rainy weather was dismissed. I had one for nearly 2 hours yesterday on a bright, sunny, blue-sky type day. Antonio and I have fished several BWO hatches in the sun and I'm sure we'll see more.
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PaulRoberts on Oct 22, 2012October 22nd, 2012, 11:52 am EDT
I am guessing this may be more common in the fall, when shadows are long. I know I've fished Baetid emergences in teh sun in the fall.
Feathers5
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Feathers5 on Oct 23, 2012October 23rd, 2012, 5:01 am EDT
Maybe, Paul, but Gutcutter and I, or is that me, fished BWOs last year at the end March in sunny cold temps. Like they say, there are no absolutes in fly fishing or tying.
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PaulRoberts on Oct 23, 2012October 23rd, 2012, 8:17 am EDT
You are right, there are few rock solid absolutes in nature, but there are trends of varying probability -some quite high.
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Konchu on Oct 23, 2012October 23rd, 2012, 3:56 pm EDT
"No absolutes" is a mantra from my Purdue Entomology days. It certainly holds true for most of biology and entomology by extension. Feathers5: Where are you located? General global location is what I'm after. I.e., state, province or country.
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Feathers5 on Oct 24, 2012October 24th, 2012, 5:32 am EDT
"No absolutes" is a mantra from my Purdue Entomology days. It certainly holds true for most of biology and entomology by extension. Feathers5: Where are you located? General global location is what I'm after. I.e., state, province or country.


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Crepuscular on Oct 24, 2012October 24th, 2012, 8:25 am EDT
never say always when speaking about bugs...
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Gutcutter on Oct 29, 2012October 29th, 2012, 5:48 pm EDT
never say always when speaking about bugs...


I always have trouble identifying bugs
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Crepuscular on Oct 30, 2012October 30th, 2012, 11:22 am EDT
there's always one in every crowd...

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