Report (Hexes)

[Brian Sloss]

Got out yesterday evening and did some fishing on my own. I've been seeing a few hexes lately (a bit early this year) so I started with a prince nymph with a hex nymph dropper. Caught about a dozen over an hour with about the same amount on each. About 7pm I started to see the hexes in the air and threw on the dry version after spying 2 different rises. I only had one rise to my hex and I missed it. Only saw about 4 rises total, but since the dry fly opportunities are so rare here, I had to give it a shot. I'm thinking if conditions remain the same as the hatch gets bigger in the coming weeks, we may get a few on top before it is all said and done. Though there is never a sure thing when it comes to dry fly fishing here. Fishing has been quite good lately for trout.

[Gavin]

Sounds great...hex fishing is allot of fun...I've never done that well with the nymphs, but I love fishing the spinners & duns.....the trick with the spinner is to cast your fake hex spinner next to a real one that just hit the water...gulp, gulp..zing! Spinner fall is usually around dusk, emergence after dark..Trick with the emergers is to listen for a gulper, then cast that way in the dark.

[Tito Degiosio]

you were supposed to keep that to your self Brian

Thanks for giving away the secret of the Hex On the Eleven Point HAHA

good luck to those who try I've already had some luck of my own with the Hex hatch

[Brian Sloss]

Hexes on the Eleven Point are no secret. I am hoping for a better than average hatch this year, but time will tell.

[Mark]

Are your hexes anything like the hexes on put on my fellow fishermen when we wager on biggest fish?

[Brian Sloss]

Ours are of the mayfly variety.

[jdmidwest]

11pt has a nice population of stoneflies if you get bored and want to try a new pattern. Golden stone patterns work well this time of year.

[ozark trout fisher]

That's interesting that the 11pt has a good Hex hatch- That sounds like it might be worth looking into...

If you ever run into a good Hex spinner fall, you are never going to forget it. I hit a good one on a wilderness pond in the Adirondacks this summer- It was like a squad of #6 Para-troopers was descending upon the water- a bad analogy, but that's what it looked like. The brookies went crazy.

[Brian Sloss]

We have a hex hatch and it does get attention from the fish, but it is not near as thick as the ones up in Michigan or places like that.

[MaxDrown]

Got a photo of the bug? What fly are you using to mimic? Is it possible that they dries will still be working when we're down on the 10th?