Lateral view of a Female Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeridae) (Hex) Mayfly Dun from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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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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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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Yellowstone in September

Report at a Glance

General Region	West Yellowstone, MT
Dates Fished	9/13 - 9/19/2014
Time of Day	all day
Fish Caught	Rainbows & brown trout
Conditions & Hatches	warm, sunny most of the time... BWOs, Callibaetis spinners, White Miller caddis, fly ants, bright green-bodied mayfly, small dark brown caddis

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Wiflyfisher

Wisconsin

Posts: 622

Wiflyfisher on Sep 28, 2014September 28th, 2014, 8:26 am EDT

Sorry, to lazy to retype it.. full story is here on my blog...

http://flypatternsfortrout.com/2014/09/28/fly-fishing-west-yellowstone-september/

John S.
https://WiFlyFisher.com

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

Posts: 2600

Oldredbarn on Sep 28, 2014September 28th, 2014, 1:20 pm EDT

John,

Wonderful! Glad to see you guys had such a great time...Hard not to out there, eh?!

Was that thunder in that vid on the Firehole?

I really want to visit sometime closer to Fall myself. I always seem to end up there at the end of July-August...Latest being just before Labor Day in 2004.

Got to love Jim's breakfast! This last time out we fished one night in that run below the dam and just above Jim's place.

What's not to love about the Madison?! It is a great place to fish.

Thanks for the report.

Spence

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

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