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.
This specimen resembled several others of around the same size and perhaps the same species, which were pretty common in my February sample from the upper Yakima. Unfortunately, I misplaced the specimen before I could get it under a microscope for a definitive ID.
Well, I'm sorry for all of the people who don't like this perfectly natural event, because I sure do!!! On Saturday night in Tawas City we came out of the bar after the band played their first set and the parking lot was FILLED with mayflies. I was of course delighted and told my buddies, "The fish are eating good tonight!!"
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Roguerat on Jun 29, 2016June 29th, 2016, 4:20 am EDT
The boob tube had a blurb last night, one of the tabloid shows after the national news..."Havana, Illinois suffers massive bug nightmare with 4-6" of 'mayflies' (HEXES!!!) piling up on bridges and roads." They made it sound like the bugs from hell were loose, lots of (heavily edited?) negative comments...
They showed the obligatory radar image of clouds of bugs that gave the impression of an approaching storm...
I guess its all in the eye of the beholder, all things considered.
Regarding Hexes in general, I'm tying some very traditional Michigan patterns lately, the Clark Lynn aka Spring Wiggler among them. Decades of history with these guys.