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.

Mount Deborah and Hess Mountains. Two of the greatest peaks of the Alaska Range rise behind the braided, glacial Susitna River. These massive mountains are 35 miles north of where I took this picture.

From the Susitna River in Alaska

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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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Hendricksons

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 8, 2015April 8th, 2015, 4:44 am EDT

I was on the lower end of the Yellow Breeches yesterday afternoon and saw around a dozen Hendricksons. The water was quite low for April 07. I saw just one rise. I also saw a bunch of caddis but was unable to catch any to identify it.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Oldredbarn

Novi, MI

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Oldredbarn on Apr 8, 2015April 8th, 2015, 1:09 pm EDT

Nice to hear Matt...I'm heading towards Grayling here near the end of the month and I'm crossing my fingers that I might find them up there when I get there.

I got a screaming deal on a Winston BIIIX 9' for 5wt a friend won in a raffle and decided to part with it...I'd like to give it a go for Opening Day weekend. :)

How far is it for you to travel from home to the YB?

Spence

Some little birdies over that way have already sent me emails letting me know of the arrival of the Hennies...I fished the Yellow Breeches a couple Aprils ago. At Allendale I think it was...We had your famous Grannoms then.

"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

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 8, 2015April 8th, 2015, 1:48 pm EDT

Spence, it is only about thirty-five minutes from my driveway to the bait stretch I like to fish. Estheticly it is not the nicest spot. There is a secondary road paralleling it, and you get some road noise but it has the best Hendrickson emergence I've ever seen other than on the Delaware. The lower end of the YB is all stocked fish.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 8, 2015April 8th, 2015, 1:50 pm EDT

The stretch you fished is called "Allenberry" but considering you only fished it one time you aren't expected to remember all the names.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.