Hex fishing

Hi Folks, Had the boat out last night for an evening trip to the kingdom to fish the #6 Hexagenia Limbata hatch.  The Hex is the largest may fly in the world and the hatch is very impressive to witness. Fishing the hatch can be difficult.  We had a beautiful night on the water with no wind and surface temperatures of 67 degrees.  We set the boat up off a brook that enters the lake that deposits sediment onto the lake bottom.  The Hex is a burrowing nymph and hatches from soft bottoms.   We were positioned on the first drop off from shore adjacent to the brook mouth.  Saw a pretty good hatch of bugs and the numbers of insects accelerated after dark.  Unfortunately, not too many trout rising.  We did witness a few explosive rises where trout literally launched way out of the water.  However, rising was somewhat subdued and we really never got a crack at a visibly feeding trout.  The Hex hatch is one of things that you want to fish daily for several weeks.  Neve easy but really cool to witness.  I will be guiding straight for the next two weeks and will be fishing small streams for trout and chasing smallmouth bass.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy