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.

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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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Last Spring Steelhead Trip

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Report at a Glance

General Region	North east Ohio
Specific Location	Sections of Conneaut Creek & Ashtabula River
Dates Fished	April 22 - 25
Time of Day	Half a day 4/22 & 4/25, all day 4/23 & 4/24
Fish Caught	Steelhead, dropbacks and prespawn hens
Conditions & Hatches	Ideal flow - a bit off color 4/22, rest of trip perfect greenish color with about 18" visibility. Egg Hatch and lots of emerald shiners in the stream.

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Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Apr 29, 2019April 29th, 2019, 2:33 pm EDT

My buddy from NJ and I weny up last Monday, April 22, we fished half a day Monday and Thursday and 8 - 9 hours Tuesday and Wednesday. Nice weather, although very windy Tuesday, large numbers of dropback steelhead but also some pre-spawn fish. I hesitate to say how many we hooked because most will say "impossible". So I'll just say how we did fishing from 7 - noon on Thursday. I landed 14 and my buddy landed 17. All were between 22" & 25". Trout beads and an emerald shiner pattern fished dead drift and swinging were equally effective. I also caught three awesome smallmouth 17" - 19". Great trip and it will give me and my buddy something to think about until we get back in October.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Martinlf