I've been out in the water quite a bit lately, and I just thought I'd share a few pictures of some large striped shiners (Luxilus chrysocephalus) that I caught while fly fishing yesterday on Hickory Creek (a trib. of the Des Plaines River - Illinois River drainage).
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I was fishing a riffle where I could see a few large males jockeying for position around an abandoned chub nest (either hornyhead or creek - couldn't quite decipher the shape of the nest). While flipping rocks at the head of the riffle, I found green caddisfly larvae to be plentiful. So, I tied on a small green caddisfly larvae nymph and had a great morning catching my share of these beautiful fish. Just thought I'd share.
-Nate