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 Doroneuria baumanni (Perlidae) (Golden Stone) Stonefly Nymph from Sears Creek in Washington

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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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Such a classic spot.

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Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Jul 10, 2020July 10th, 2020, 8:50 am EDT

This is one of my favorite spots.

Red_green_h

New Mexico

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Red_green_h on Jul 10, 2020July 10th, 2020, 2:27 pm EDT

Looks like a beauty. I could probably hook every branch across it.

Wbranch

York & Starlight PA

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Wbranch on Jul 11, 2020July 11th, 2020, 1:54 am EDT

Looks like an awesome tight line nymphing run.

Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

Partsman

bancroft michigan

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Partsman on Jul 11, 2020July 11th, 2020, 8:41 am EDT

My pictures really are not good, the cell phone just does not do justice. But if you look just up stream from the black water there are some really nice riffles, small caddis I believe anyways were hatching in the riffles and then floating into that black colored water. There were fish rising, and I fished a rather large size 14 caddis and caught close to 15 fish. One was a really nice rainbow, which rainbows are not unusual here, there mostly steelhead parr. I didn't want to do the fish picture thing because I didn't bring a net, the warm temps had me releasing fish as quick as possible with as little handling as possible. Anyway, I hope everyone here is doing good, I have had possibly the best year of fishing and yet I feel as though something is missing with all of the madness going around. Cooler temps next, I may hit the Ausable again, early morning tricos and then some terraistals later in the morning.
Take care and have some fun, Mike.