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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.

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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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87Defender on Sep 24, 2019September 24th, 2019, 4:24 am EDT
Headed to northern Spain next month and plan to get on some local streams like the Ebro. Any guide referrals or information on permits etc would be greatly appreciated.
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Martinlf on Sep 25, 2019September 25th, 2019, 7:10 am EDT
See the other thread I bumped up. The link in the last post is still good. That shop should be able to give you some information. Buena suerte.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

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Wbranch on Sep 28, 2019September 28th, 2019, 4:15 am EDT
There is a guy with a web site called Wish4Fish he does a guided trip to Spain and he probably can help you out. His name is Ken Tanaka.

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