Lateral view of a Female Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeridae) (Hex) Mayfly Dun from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin

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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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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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Martinlf on May 29, 2016May 29th, 2016, 12:41 pm EDT

A few more shots of Arizona for Bruce.

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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Jmd123 on May 29, 2016May 29th, 2016, 5:13 pm EDT

Amazing, Louis, amazing! "I'm a crawlin' king snake..."

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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Martinlf on Jun 5, 2016June 5th, 2016, 7:15 am EDT

Yeah, thankfully we didn't see any rattlers--or run into Africanized bees. They killed a hiker recently in AZ!

"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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Jmd123 on Jun 5, 2016June 5th, 2016, 12:43 pm EDT

Scary. Michigan is cold enough to kill all of those things, except for the now rare Massassauga rattler. Let me tell you how rare the poor things are around here: I've spent most of my life in Michigan, and most of my life in the woods, and I've NEVER seen one in the wild, even in places where others have told me that they're "common".

I will tell you this - I ran into fire ants in Texas and I'm REALLLY glad it's too cold for them here...I used to go out on the coldest days of the year (barely below 32 F) and kick all of their little mounds open so they would die in the cold before they could repair them. Thought about boiling water or bleach too...

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...