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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.

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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Bcnorthfly
stewart british columbia

Posts: 3
Bcnorthfly on May 31, 2015May 31st, 2015, 8:15 pm EDT
So I have been fly fishing for just about 3 weeks now, have got my cast pretty good on my floating line and dry fly, but in a few weeks I will be gearing up to go to a bigger lake and want to either get sink tip line or sinking line, what should I get as a absolute noobie, and what are some do and don't, should I use a strike indicator or just go off feel, I have some wet flies and figured I would try some casts and holly. It was all over the place, is there any tricks to help with this. Any help at all would be much appreciated, thanks
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Palmyra PA

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Martinlf on Jun 3, 2015June 3rd, 2015, 5:34 am EDT
Bc, wish I knew more about sinking lines. I don't use them. Perhaps try someone at a fly shop, or do some more searching on the net.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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