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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This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
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Ffly on Mar 24, 2016March 24th, 2016, 11:43 pm EDT
Hello everyone.
This season I'm going to start fishing with a rig consisting of an emerging midge in the surface film and a buzzer a couple of feet below.
I'll be fishing in stillwater or very slow deep water when the fish are eating near the surface. So basically still water fly fishing.
My plan is pretty much to get the rig out in the water where I think the fish will be patrolling and just keep it there and give it small movements now and then.
Since I'll be not casting that much and have the flies in the water for maybe 10 minutes or more at a time it is crucial that the emerger really floats and doesn't sink after 5 minutes...
How should I tie the emerger to be able to sit nicely in the surface for long periods of time and with a buzzer tied to it?
I was thinking of a basic shuttlecock pattern with a foam thorax, would that do the trick?
Like this one but with foam in the thorax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qYvOOXwVY
Or should I do the entire body in foam perhaps?
This season I'm going to start fishing with a rig consisting of an emerging midge in the surface film and a buzzer a couple of feet below.
I'll be fishing in stillwater or very slow deep water when the fish are eating near the surface. So basically still water fly fishing.
My plan is pretty much to get the rig out in the water where I think the fish will be patrolling and just keep it there and give it small movements now and then.
Since I'll be not casting that much and have the flies in the water for maybe 10 minutes or more at a time it is crucial that the emerger really floats and doesn't sink after 5 minutes...
How should I tie the emerger to be able to sit nicely in the surface for long periods of time and with a buzzer tied to it?
I was thinking of a basic shuttlecock pattern with a foam thorax, would that do the trick?
Like this one but with foam in the thorax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qYvOOXwVY
Or should I do the entire body in foam perhaps?
TimCat on Mar 28, 2016March 28th, 2016, 5:37 pm EDT
I would guess a foam thorax would keep it up in the surface long enough. You could also try using elk or deer hair for more buoyancy, instead of the cdc wing used in that video.
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Kschaefer3 on Mar 28, 2016March 28th, 2016, 7:42 pm EDT
The Sprout Midge floats really well and is an easy tie. If you tie it with a foam post, it would float even better. I've had good success fishing this pattern on the spring creeks I usually fish.
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