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.

A small, old rock wing dam has created an excellent riffle and pool in this classic trout stream.

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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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Beautiful fish of the South Fork

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I have upgraded to a larger net. This was a failed attempt

Report at a Glance

General Region	Sw idaho
Specific Location	South Fork Boise
Dates Fished	Sept 4
Time of Day	7 am - 6 pm
Fish Caught	2 rainbows 12â€, 17â€
Conditions & Hatches	Small pink mayflies, terrestrials, some caddies, hot dry light gusts of wind in the afternoon

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Squarehog1 on Sep 7, 2020September 7th, 2020, 2:41 pm EDT

This is an amazing river with big strong smart rainbow trout. Catch and release barbless hook. On this trip , shortly after switching to a hopper /ant , I hooked a dandy that jumped straight away and threw the hook.. I landed a good one a while later. I also caught my personal best this spring. A real trophy that took me 18.5 minutes to land.. I got it all on my chest mount go pro. So the first pic is from Friday and the others of my trophy. Please watch my videos as well. I make them for fun, I only have 11 subscribers haha.

https://youtu.be/aVdlVdO28H4

https://youtu.be/MUDd8BMJ_bs

Martinlf