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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Glossosoma (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Glossosoma (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

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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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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A Big Atlantic Salmon on a Small Dry

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General Region	Central CT
Specific Location	a big pool
Dates Fished	October 12th
Time of Day	Around 5:30
Fish Caught	Roughly 40 Inch Atlantic Salmon
Conditions & Hatches	55 degrees air temps, dropping water level, caddis hatches.

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RMlytle

Connecticut

Posts: 40

RMlytle on Oct 12, 2014October 12th, 2014, 4:26 pm EDT

To view the story please visit my blog:
flyfishingcts.blogspot.com

Martinlf

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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Oct 12, 2014October 12th, 2014, 8:03 pm EDT

Nice work!

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

--Fred Chappell

RMlytle

Connecticut

Posts: 40

RMlytle on Oct 13, 2014October 13th, 2014, 6:11 am EDT

Actually, I have been informed that it is an Atlantic Salmon. The odds of just finding one around here are ridiculously low, so that makes catching one quite the achievement.

PaulRoberts

Colorado

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PaulRoberts on Oct 13, 2014October 13th, 2014, 3:47 pm EDT

A stray Atlantic! That's pretty neat. Might want to contact your local fisheries Biologist and ask about it. They might be able to tell you a bit more.

Congrats on the catch. That must have been quite a surprise.

Your story reminds me a of a big brown I spotted while pickeral and smallmouth fishing along the lower reaches of a stream years ago. I was so excited I got both my parents to come with me to watch me catch it. I never saw it again, but it was a lesson I never forgot about big brown habitat.

RMlytle

Connecticut

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RMlytle on Oct 13, 2014October 13th, 2014, 6:50 pm EDT

He was most likely stocked by the state Atlantic Salmon Restoration Project in 2011. Apparently very few make it back to the river, and even fewer are counted. When the water is up they jump the dam rather then fool around in the fish ladder. Some natural reproduction has been recorded in this river, so who knows, this could very well be a wild fish.

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