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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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

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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Heck of a thing

JAD

Alexandria Pa

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JAD on Jun 8, 2007June 8th, 2007, 2:24 am EDT

I posted this on another board but I thought you guys might enjoy. --------------JaD

After staying in a camp ground and fishing most of May in Central Pa, I finally got a chance to clean my truck.I was sweeping the floor and my wife stopped me. Cindi could not figure out why I had this three mile smile on my face. Well only a fly guy would understand, I was sweeping up yellow and brown spinners.
Under sworn oath the above is a true statement.

John Dunn
(Caddisman1)

They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax.
Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jun 8, 2007June 8th, 2007, 2:55 am EDT

Hey John, thanks for the call the other night. It was great to get a fishing report from the J!!

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

West

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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West on Jun 8, 2007June 8th, 2007, 5:01 am EDT

I hope you saved a few. I heard they're great in salads or lightly sauteed...

West

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GONZO
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"Bear Swamp," PA

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GONZO on Jun 8, 2007June 8th, 2007, 5:36 am EDT

...or perhaps as a tasty variation on Konchu's wife's dun-and-Coke recipe. Hey John, I understand why you were smiling. After hitting the brown drake hatch on Skaneateles Lake just right a few times, I was picking the duns and spinners out of my vehicle and gear for weeks. It made me smile, too.

Konchu