I experienced a nice Hex emergence at Lake Almanor this past Wednesday.

Tons of these large(hook size #6) yellow mayflies started to emerge around 8:30pm.



If you have not fished a Hex hatch you should take some time to do so. The next two weeks should be great at Lake Almanor, Butt Lake, Lake Natoma(above the lower American River)

Here are some pictures that show the emergence in stages



The emergent nymphs shuck, empty. The adults pop out too fast for me to take a picture.




The newly emerged adult.




The spinner Hex. Either dead or very close to dead after mating and laying eggs.

The Hex hatch occours about 30-40 minutes before total darkness. This time period can be very exciting. Too bad the whole experience is short lived.

Anyone on this board have any cool picture of a Hex to share?