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.

View from atop the permafrost slump

From the Selawik 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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Merry Christmas to all and to all a wonderful 2018

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Dec 23, 2017December 23rd, 2017, 3:02 am EST

Merry Christmas to all my Troutnut friends and acquaintances! I am looking forward to a wonderful year in 2018 and many exciting fishing trips. I'm wishing all of you to have a wonderful Christmas with your immediate and extended families.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Troutnut

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Bellevue, WA

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Troutnut on Dec 24, 2017December 24th, 2017, 9:19 am EST

You too!

Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

CaseyP

Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA

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CaseyP on Dec 24, 2017December 24th, 2017, 12:42 pm EST

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
and i hope my Hanukkah friends had a lovely celebration!

"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Jan 2, 2018January 2nd, 2018, 6:52 am EST

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of my fellow Troutnuts!! Here's wishing you all tight lines and heavy hatches in the season to come. Also, enough warmth for us winter sportspeople to get out and enjoy ourselves! Took the skis and the ice fishing gear all the way down to Troy and back (easy access to trails and my hometown lake is only 3 miles from my Mom's house) and it was just too freakin' cold to use them at all...Here's hoping that last year's heavy precipitation will keep our springs high and running cold (maybe warm right now!) and give us a good trout season this year.

"God bless us, every one!" - Tiny Tim

...or was that, "Tip toe, through the tulips..."?

Jonathon

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