Hex Hatch Help...

[1siena]

Planning on fishing the Hex Hatch this year and was wondering if anyone had some easy patterns I could use?

Also...
Are there different types/stages/sizes/colors of the hex I should carry along? i.e. spinners/nymphs/dunns etc. I am new to the "stage-of-life/match the hatch" thing. I usually like to follow the K.I.S.S method. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[djweiser]

Here is a good pattern in hte late afternoon when the bugs atart moving and thier are good patters for the dry's on this very site. Just google hex pattern and it will pull it up. I would use the ones from this forum to get a more exact genus/color variation for your river. Good luck

hawkinsflyfishing.com/hex_pattern

[Molson]

something like this...

http://www.******************/skills/ftying/patterns/dries/hex_spinner/hex_spinner.php

although I use a lighter #8 dryfly hook and an extended deer or elk hair body

[unclecbass]

Go big, go light color. I like to use large flys and the lightest possible color I can find, almost like a cream color. I never have any luck with the yellow colored flys. Dont bother attempting to use hex flys until just before dark. Tie on a brown drake for the late evening, then switch to the hex patterns once the sun goes down. IMO,

If you look in my photos I have a few pics of browns I have caught after dark using the light colored hex flys. Just so you know I am not blowing smoke.

[Bob T]

1siena

Here is a link to a simple patter for the Hex dun.

http://www.bigyflyco.com/items/dry-flies-g-m/hexparadrake-detail.htm

This pattern also makes a reasonable spinner pattern because it has a parachute hackle which kind of looks like a spinner on the water. Like Molson I tend to use a lighter hook because I use a smaller rod, 5 wgt, than a lot of people and the lighter fly casts better with the lighter rod. I also use a spinner most of the time and I am not so sure that it makes a great difference to the fish as long a you can make an accurate cast to them. I have caught a lot of fish using a spinner when duns were on the water and a dun when spinners were on the water. The best advice that I can give you is to use your setup in the daytime so you can see how your cast looks with your rod and fly becasue you will be casting in the dead of night. You do not need for the most part a very long cast if you wade carefully as the fish are in feeding mode and a little less torerant. That said, the best hogs get that way because they are careful and so should you if you are casting to them. I have put down a many large fish by being a little too careless.

Bob