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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I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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Catskilljon on May 1, 2014May 1st, 2014, 6:40 pm EDT
I was cleaning out my photobucket album and came across this. Not much need for these on my streams but its a fun wintertime hobby...
Ghost fly and a Torrish, the Ghost fly is on a 7/0 Mustad 3399 hook I reshaped and jappaned. The Torrish on a 2/0 Gaelic Supreme.
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Ghost fly and a Torrish, the Ghost fly is on a 7/0 Mustad 3399 hook I reshaped and jappaned. The Torrish on a 2/0 Gaelic Supreme.
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CJ
Wbranch on May 1, 2014May 1st, 2014, 6:49 pm EDT
Lovely work. Are you selling any of them?
Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.