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.

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington

This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.

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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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Report at a Glance

General Region	Elk & Twenty Mile
Specific Location	Around Folly's End
Dates Fished	Sunday through Tuesday 10/19 - 10/21
Time of Day	8:00 - 4:00
Fish Caught	Lots of steelhead
Conditions & Hatches	Sunday - stained and high, Monday perfect, Tuesday stained and very high.

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Corey
Tampa, Florida

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Corey on Aug 26, 2015August 26th, 2015, 6:37 pm EDT

All of those steelies look great, i don't how you managed to hold on to the rod for 10 smokers, let alone 20 that's truly an amazing day, im jealous lol.

When I caught my beast I think it was about 4pm in March and maybe two other people on the entire creek. Allowed me to run up and down the creek "easily" with the fish haha.

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