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.

Of all the pools I've fished, this one was most deserving of the colorful little brook trout it held.

From Mystery Creek # 89 in New York

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Dorsal view of a Isoperla (Perlodidae) (Stripetails and Yellow Stones) Stonefly Adult from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

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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

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Jul 17, 2013July 17th, 2013, 8:29 pm EDT

You are the real deal Tony! Next time you tell me to try that 10x tippet of yours and tie on a size 26 midge and get my ass in the river...I'll be listening sir!

I'd hassle you about that Vinnie Barbarino hair style in that second picture, but I'm afraid someone would dredge up an old hippie pic of me, or one from, heaven forbid, the 70's! :)

Great pics!

Spence

"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood

Gutcutter

Pennsylvania

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Gutcutter on Jul 25, 2013July 25th, 2013, 5:01 pm EDT

Crepuscular wrote:
Do muskies eat spinners? ;)

Huh?

All men who fish may in turn be divided into two parts: those who fish for trout and those who don't. Trout fishermen are a race apart: they are a dedicated crew- indolent, improvident, and quietly mad.

-Robert Traver, Trout Madness

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jul 28, 2013July 28th, 2013, 6:33 am EDT

Tony, sounds like a challenge.

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

--Fred Chappell

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Jul 30, 2013July 30th, 2013, 6:17 am EDT

Why not? Giant channel cats eat them and they are about as predatory as they come. I've seen 30 lb striped bass in the middle of the ocean slurping down larval crabs that were about 1/4" big. Doing exactly what that guy in that link describes. If the protein is there and it requires little effort to consume it, seems like an easy meal to me.