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.

Lone tree on a rock in the middle of Big Lake. Fittingly, Big Lake is the largest of several short wide spots in the upper Brule River.

From the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin

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Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.

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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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Mayfly Workshop: 3-5 Jan, 2013; LongBeach, CA, USA

Konchu

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Konchu on Nov 28, 2012November 28th, 2012, 4:10 am EST

Jason can boot this if he wants, because it's kind of an advertisement, but I thought a few of the die-hard bug aficionados might be interested. I'm planning to give a workshop on western (north of Mexico) and far northern North American mayfly nymphs. It will be January 3-5, in Long Beach, California, USA. There is a price tag for participation (that I did not set). See the following link for more details, or send me a PM. This will be a fairly advanced and intensive event. I'll cover most topics at the species-level. Notably, a bunch of new regional and comprehensive identification keys will be debuted. This includes the first keys for several genera, greatly revised keys for others and the first discussions of some undescribed nymphs. Emphasis will be placed on the families Baetidae, Heptageniidae, Ephemerellidae, Leptophlebiidae and Leptohyphidae. Other contributors include Nick Wiersema (wrote keys) and Jeff Webb (wrote keys and will attend). Please feel free to share this information elsewhere, but please send me a PM first.

http://www.safit.org/event.html

Entoman

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Entoman on Nov 28, 2012November 28th, 2012, 9:20 am EST

Ooh.... PM sent.

BTW - I think this kind of "advertisement" is fully Troutnut approved.:)

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