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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Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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MiltRPowell on Jan 26, 2015January 26th, 2015, 10:08 am EST
HiJon, nice fish in your post picture. I am new too, but from the state of n.y. l.o.l.:) But your so right this is a great resource. And may I add for anyone that loves fishing on the fly, or just looking to learn something new.- Milt...
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Oldredbarn on Jan 26, 2015January 26th, 2015, 11:42 am EST
Remember this is a public forum. Don't supply too much info! LOL :)
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No, that can't be true..............you are just so quiet and nobody knows you are even here!
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"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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Entoman on Jan 26, 2015January 26th, 2015, 12:02 pm EST
Remember this is a public forum. Don't supply too much info! LOL :)
Said the guy with north of 25-hundred posts...;)
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Ha! You have me there, Mister... Only out of all those posts, how many do you recall ever mentioning where to fish? Our new friend got me nervous mentioning certain streams and airport access! LoL
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Oldredbarn on Jan 28, 2015January 28th, 2015, 5:03 pm EST
Ha! You have me there, Mister... Only out of all those posts, how many do you recall ever mentioning where to fish? Our new friend got me nervous mentioning certain streams and airport access! LoL
:) The answer is close to zero good buddy...You have long since pasted that test...You and I will carry a few things to our graves...As it should be. :)
Spence
"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
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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