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.

I caught a nice brookie a few weeks earlier in this pool at the junction of a split channel in the stream. The huge fallen tree is great cover.

From the Mystery Creek # 23 in New York

Stream photos

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Kogotus Stonefly Nymph Kogotus Stonefly Nymph

Dorsal view of a Kogotus (Perlodidae) Stonefly Nymph from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington

This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.

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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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Looking for a leader formula...

OldHasBeen

Simcoe County, Ontario

Posts: 10

OldHasBeen on Jul 5, 2020July 5th, 2020, 9:00 am EDT

I picked up Kelly Galloup's nymph indicator line to match the 10.5' 7wt single hand fly rod I use for Steelhead. The rivers I fish don't allow much room for back casts, so roll casts are the norm. I fish nymph/egg patterns under an indicator about 90% of the time. I have been looking online to find a leaded formula for this setup, but with no luck.... Does anyone have a "Leader Formula" for such a setup?? I would like to tie my own...

Gene_PA

Lebanon, PA

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Gene_PA on Jul 6, 2020July 6th, 2020, 2:15 am EDT

I just found this sight last night: https://globalflyfisher.com/leadercalc

OldHasBeen

Simcoe County, Ontario

Posts: 10

OldHasBeen on Jul 6, 2020July 6th, 2020, 7:54 am EDT

Thank you!!! I'll give that a look...

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Jul 6, 2020July 6th, 2020, 1:11 pm EDT

I fish pretty much exclusively trout beads and nymphs under an indicator for Great Lakes steelhead and have no trouble roll casting 40' - 45' with one or two BB's, a fly or two, and the indicator. I use an off the shelf Rio 7.5' 3X to which I tie a tippet ring and 2' of 4X. I think the line selection is far more important than the leader. I use SA WF#7F Nymph/Indicator with a 10' rod.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

OldHasBeen

Simcoe County, Ontario

Posts: 10

OldHasBeen on Jul 7, 2020July 7th, 2020, 11:39 am EDT

Thank You!!

Martinlf