Fly Fishing the Hex Hatch

Spring fishing in Maine: Look for the warmest water you can find

Kevin McKay owns the website maineflyfish.com and is a registered Maine guide who can be reached through mainefishingadventures.com. He enjoys helping people discover the joy of fly fishing. This story was originally published in May 2016. Although Maine is a diverse state with many opportunities for fishing and so many fish to fish for, March, April and May are the hardest times of year for angling. So what can you do? While I won’t tell you ho…

Fly Fishing the Hex Hatch

By GEORGE LISET, Writing on the Fly Little did I know that as I went further down the fly fishing rabbit hole that I would become an amateur entomologist, or in layman’s terms, a bug guy. I would learn about the life cycle of bugs, the kind of bugs, their Latin names and the time of year they could be found. This was important because a great percentage of what a trout eats is bugs. I’m always interested in learning about bugs, especially if it …