Hexagenia (Nymph)
A nymph fly imitating Hexagenia limbata, fished in May, June, July across the Midwest, Southeast, Northeast.
Open in Hatch Matcher →Quick facts
- Stage: Nymph
- Imitates: Hexagenia limbata
- Hook sizes: #4, #6, #8
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Water temp: 58–72°F
- Water types: Lake, Freestone
- Best months: May, June, July
- Regions: Midwest, Southeast, Northeast
- Target species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Bass, Panfish
How to tie the Hexagenia (Nymph)
Hook: Tiemco TMC 5263 3XL or Mustad 9671, sizes 4-8
Thread: Uni 6/0 Yellow or Tan
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Tying steps
- Mount 3XL hook. Lay yellow thread base to bend.
- Tie in 3 pheasant tail fibers spread wide as tails.
- Tie in fine gold wire.
- Dub a very fat pale yellow-cream abdomen to 60% — Hexagenia nymphs are burrowers with a distinctive fat body.
- Rib with gold wire in 6 turns.
- Tie in ostrich herl gills along each side.
- Tie in wide double turkey tail wingcase.
- Tie in partridge legs, dub fat pale yellow thorax.
- Pull wingcase forward, tie down, whip finish, head cement.