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Fly Fishing NH's Connecticut Lakes Region

Month: June 2021

Hex hatch fishing on Back Lake

Winding Down

It’s inevitable. The hex hatch begins … and then it ends.

We’re nearly two weeks (12 days now) in to the annual Hexagenia hatch at Back Lake, and the hatching activity unfortunately appears to be winding down. It’s about the right timeline, as the hex hatch is typically a two-week event, more or less. That’s only half the story, though, as it relates to the hex hatch. The trout and bass have still been active the last few evenings, taking the dwindling supply of hexes that are still available.

June 29, 2021
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Back Lake Pittsburg NH

Back Lake Hex Hatch Update: 6/23

Our changing weather in Pittsburg over the last two days has led to changes for the hexagenia hatch on Back Lake as well. A cold front, trailing a string of storms a couple of days ago, has cooled the water’s surface of the lake the last two nights (down to the upper 40’s Tuesday night, and low 40’s last night), throwing a bit of a wrench in the plans of anglers that like to take advantage of the hex hatch.

June 24, 2021
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Hex hatch at Back Lake

Back Lake Hex Hatch Update: 6/20

They’re baaack … Yes, the time that all of us anglers have been waiting for is finally here, as the notorious Hexagenia Limbata hatch has started again for another year. For those unfamiliar with “The Hex”, or Great Leadwinged Drake, it is the largest of the mayflies, and an eagerly anticipated part of a fish’s (trout or bass, it turns out) diet on Back Lake for the next two weeks or so. And yes, the hex is much anticipated by us anglers too …

June 21, 2021
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Trout fishing on Back Lake

Back Lake Fishing Report: 6/15

That’s long time TTL guest Mike Casavant with a beauty of a rainbow that he took on Back Lake recently. The fishing on the lake has been pretty solid recently, but for those of you waiting anxiously for news on the annual hexagenia mayfly hatch on Back Lake, keep waiting …

June 16, 2021
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Water Needed …

To give you a little context with this picture, this was in an area along the Connecticut River to the south of Pittsburg, where I like to wet a line on occasion. The water flow was the lowest I’ve seen in this spot, but the log suspended in the tree was illustrative of the amount of water that was coming through this area at some point this spring – yeah, pretty amazing. Thankfully, we did get some rain yesterday, but we have a long way to go before the dam flows come up.

June 1, 2021
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