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.

Mount Deborah and Hess Mountains. Two of the greatest peaks of the Alaska Range rise behind the braided, glacial Susitna River. These massive mountains are 35 miles north of where I took this picture.

From the Susitna River in Alaska

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Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph Zapada cinctipes (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Zapada cinctipes (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

Nymphs of this species were fairly common in late-winter kick net samples from the upper Yakima River. Although I could not find a key to species of Zapada nymphs, a revision of the Nemouridae family by Baumann (1975) includes the following helpful sentence: "2 cervical gills on each side of midline, 1 arising inside and 1 outside of lateral cervical sclerites, usually single and elongate, sometimes constricted but with 3 or 4 branches arising beyond gill base in Zapada cinctipes." This specimen clearly has the branches and is within the range of that species.

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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 Apr 5, 2014April 5th, 2014, 7:45 pm EDT

Spring has arrived. Nice to see some upright wings and wild fish looking up!

Taxon

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Taxon on Apr 5, 2014April 5th, 2014, 10:02 pm EDT

Eric-

Ephemerella subvaria female subimago?

Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
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Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 3:59 am EDT

Eric-

Ephemerella subvaria female subimago?

Yes. I can't tell you how happy I was to see them.

Catskilljon
Upstate NY

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Catskilljon on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 8:29 am EDT

Ohh man...I guess it had to happen soon somewhere. In the Catskill's, things are not looking as promising, at least for a few more weeks. I took some stream temps Saturday and didn't find any water over 36*. The ground water table is max full, and with 14" of snow on the headwater stream banks and air temps in the 20's at night, I don't predict even the quill gordons will show for a while.

How about some trout pics too Eric? :) CJ

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 9:39 am EDT

Yes, Eric, and how exactly was the fishing? We're gonna be slow around here for a while...show us some inspiration!

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 12:47 pm EDT

The fishing was excellent. I didn't take too many pics of fish. I caught a bunch and they were all nice wild fish.

JOHNW

Chambersburg, PA

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JOHNW on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 2:54 pm EDT

I'll vouch for Eric's report. I followed it up today and every fish was caught on top on either Hendrickson or Grannom.
Now if I could just figure out how to put photos in an existing thread.

"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn

Catskilljon
Upstate NY

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Catskilljon on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 4:41 pm EDT

You guys are my hero's! Thanks for the pics and reports, wont be long for us guys fishing up north! CJ

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 5:21 pm EDT

If I weren't so fond of Eric and John I'd be jealous. :)

Good stuff boys! I know I feel just a tad warmer and hopeful.

Spence

Both of them sent me pics and I don't have a photo account anywhere or I'd post them for John...Should work on getting one. These boys are blessed to call the Cumberland home...It always seems to be a few weeks ahead of my neck of the woods.

"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

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Apr 6, 2014April 6th, 2014, 7:01 pm EDT

Ahhhhhhhh. I can feel the joy and relief from here.

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Apr 7, 2014April 7th, 2014, 12:58 pm EDT

Pretty fish Eric! Those browns seem particularly crisp when they come out of cold waters. Any sizeable ones?

I just finished taking a walk on the trails along the lower Au Sable. LOTS of snow in some parts of the woods, not much to none in others. I don't expect to be seeing Hennies for a little while yet around here...

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Gus