Temps in the upper 70s augured well for a hex emergence on the stretch of the Manistee where I usually fish them. After I set up camp I wandered down to the river to look things over and saw a hex dun flutter up from the water: another good sign.
So I was in place in my second-choice spot by 8, and had to share it with only one other fisherman. As darkness fell, a modest number of hexes began cruising over the river. Temps had already fallen considerably by then, so no spinner fall took place, but flies emerged off and on for about an hour. The best feeding activity seemed to occur while I was tying on new flies. I ended up with one 13" brown and a few smaller ones, though my upstream neighbor caught a brown measuring 20".
On Monday, I fished the Jordan, in the Jordan valley pathway area, for the afternoon. Absolutely dead until I caught a brook, a brown, and a few tiny rainbows around 4PM.
Air temps only reached about 65 and dropped into the 50s by evening. I hit the river wearing a long sleeve t-shirt under my sweatshirt, and long underwear under my jeans, and I had the kind of fishing you'd expect when that clothing is called for. Saw one dun and one spinner on the water and a handful of bugs in the air.
I can still catch the hex around here in another week or so, fishing smallmouth...
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