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.

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Clostoeca disjuncta (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva Clostoeca disjuncta (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva

Lateral view of a Clostoeca disjuncta (Limnephilidae) (Northern Caddisfly) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.

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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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School me on thread

Trowingflys

hillsdale, mi

Posts: 6

Trowingflys on Dec 6, 2012December 6th, 2012, 5:33 am EST

I'm just getting into fly tying i've read ALOT in the last few months but haven't come across solid information about the differences in thread quality/strength/ weight/ or what to use on what kind of flys. basically i want to know what you guys do so i can correctly choose the right thread for the different kinds of flys i'll be tying. thanks for your help! excited to be joining the few and proud that tie their own!

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Dec 7, 2012December 7th, 2012, 6:12 am EST

Nick,

You can send me a private message here by tapping on my profile name and give me an email address and I'll send you something. You probably know who Chris Helm is and in his catalog he has a wonderful article that he wrote explaining just about all you need to know about thread. I can scan it and email it to you. I would send you to his web site but he's no longer using it and is in semi-retirement.

Spence

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