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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Dorsal view of a Amphizoa (Amphizoidae) Beetle Larva from Sears Creek in Washington

This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).

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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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My wild & crazy Flordia trip part 3: hotel room and other fun stuff

Jmd123 has attached these 15 pictures. The message is below.

Though I didn't set them up like this, here's the two travel telescopes I took and tested on the trip

This room cost me $1299 for seven nights

Restaurant where I had the conch chowder with tarpon @ the World Wide Sportsman on Islamorada

Don't leave me alone too long you bastard!!! I'm a people kitty!

My Outfitters Bonefish Pack finally reaches self-actualization...well, almost

Doesn't have to be a bonefish, snapper will do! Hell, I'll take a cowfish!

Vanilla tea steeping, getting ready for the day

"He was a buffalo trunkfish...he was kinda like a cow fish...he was a buffalo trunk fish...at the 7 Mile Bridge..." (You all know the Bob Marley song)

Under da gumbo-limbo tree! Ya mon, much respect!

Tropical vegetation in the parking lot, including I think Jamaica thatchpalm...plant life was fascinating and incredibly diverse

Jmd123

Oscoda, MI

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Jmd123 on Mar 17, 2020March 17th, 2020, 11:29 am EDT

Here's the room at the Ranch House Hotel on Marathon Key & a few other odds and ends from the trip. Hunker down against the diseases and think of these warm scenes and adventures to get you through. Enjoy!

Jonathon

P.S. The telescopes are Sky-Watcher USA: 72 mm ED doublet refractor ($465, $400 on sale) & 127 mm Maksutov ($435, $400 on sale). Both made Venus look beautiful at high power (OK, I did have some pretty blue & violet filters in too)

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

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Mar 18, 2020March 18th, 2020, 1:47 am EDT

Very cool Jonathon, looks so nice and sunny, and warm. It hasn't been a terrible winter here in Michigan, but Im so tired of gray skies. My son bought a telescope recently, its about the size of a small hot water heater! He and his wife are both lab techs at a very busy hospital in Flint, I worry about them. Hopefully we all get through this with as little damage as possible.
Take care, Mike.

Martinlf