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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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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Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on May 6, 2013May 6th, 2013, 8:18 am EDT

The June-July 2013 Fly Fisherman mag has an interesting article in it from James Prosek called, "The Diversity of Trout"...It addresses our discussions here, from time-to-time, about the issue of species etc. IMHO...It is worth the price of admission.

"Darwin expressed his frustration with the word species and questioned where to draw lines amid infinite beauty and diversity."

There are a couple other articles to spice it up...They are PA oriented :), seems to be in vogue this year :)...One on Hexagenia autrocaudata by some guy named Paul Weamer ;), and one on "Allegheny Browns". Mr Weamer is our neighbor on Penn's Creek where Eric and I bought our angler's hut this past spring...:)

Also rather timely for Spence, an article on Nectopsyche showing up in force on the Firehole and Madison.

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