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.

Two major forks of this grayling stream come together in this pretty pool.

From the Chena River in Alaska

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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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Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Mar 14, 2014March 14th, 2014, 6:48 pm EDT

CJ those flies are beautiful.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Mar 14, 2014March 14th, 2014, 6:54 pm EDT

Spence.

Thank you. Yes when we are young all we want to do is catch dozens an dozens of trout, then we want lots of bigger trout. Later many of us want really big trout on little dries and light tippets. Now I want to see you, and all my friends, catch big trout so I can enjoy seeing the same pleasure this great thing of fly fishing has been to me for fifty-five years.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.