HEX Hatch IS On!

This is a fly that hatches on a very small river (more like a stream) in Western MN around mid June, when the roses are just coming out. Once the "hatch is on" it usually starts like clockwork around 10pm at night depending on the year. It brings up some very big brown trout that are usually extremely difficult to catch any other time during the year. It is a very unique experience of walking into a small stream and waiting for this big bug to emerge under the moonlight. It involves fly-casting but with an added twist of fishing at night when you can’t see your fly or where you are casting. I do it mostly by sound.
Here are Casey & Maddie with a Dun fly I captured the night before. They usually emerge from the streambed at night, fly into the bushes or trees then a couple days later come back to the river to fall (die) as spinners. The picture is of a dun fly that has just emerged from the water.