OT: Mayfly Invasion Here!

[humpydudas19]

They have killed and eaten dozens of people and destroyed countless buildings and objects. The trout love it. People were seen running toward the Susquehanna River, they were dropping in like rats!

http://www.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2017/06/theyre_back_mayfly_season_unde.html#incart_river_home

 

[doublehaul]

Ive personally witnessed this event on the bridge at Danville in June. Enough flies to coat the bridge surface. I always assumed it was the white fly, sp. Ephoron Leukon, but according to the article, too early for their emergance.

 

[JoeDidntKnow]

Can these 'mayflies' be trained to attack the OGBoT?

 

[STPGopherfan]

Ive personally witnessed this event on the bridge at Danville in June. Enough flies to coat the bridge surface. I always assumed it was the white fly, sp. Ephoron Leukon, but according to the article, too early for their emergance.

Ha! Didn't know you were plagued by those as well. The hope is entomologists are able to work with city/ county personnel to kill the lights at key times. We've had bridges taken out by Mayflies before. Crazy to see earthmovers plowing insects.

 

[humpydudas19]

Can these 'mayflies' be trained to attack the OGBoT?

Hopefully. They only leave skeletal remains behind.

 

[Limestone_Lion]

The mayflies are called hexagenia, and they are rather large. Fish love them, and if you hit it at the right time, it can be a lot of fun

 

[humpydudas19]

One of the media, getting the story wrong, called the Red faced Barron's butler Amos Russell and asked him if he knew anything about the "deaths by fire".

 

[STPGopherfan]

The mayflies are called hexagenia, and they are rather large. Fish love them, and if you hit it at the right time, it can be a lot of fun

 

[humpydudas19]

"The Man from Mars, he's eating cars..."

 

[Limestone_Lion]

Here is a great link on the Hex's. I have a bucket list trip to chase this hatch in Michigan that needs to come to fruition soon...

http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/32/Mayfly-Hexagenia-limbata-Hex

 

[STPGopherfan]

Here is a great link on the Hex's. I have a bucket list trip to chase this hatch in Michigan that needs to come to fruition soon...

http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/32/Mayfly-Hexagenia-limbata-Hex

Hoping to learn to fly fish. That sounds like a great trip!

 

[fairgambit]

They have killed and eaten dozens of people and destroyed countless buildings and objects. The trout love it. People were seen running toward the Susquehanna River, they were dropping in like rats!

http://www.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2017/06/theyre_back_mayfly_season_unde.html#incart_river_home

 

[83wuzme]

Well, I bet that will smell real nice after a couple days of hot sun.

 

[humpydudas19]

Just fix niece's Maytag 2000, E1/9 error....pen in pump, bobbi pin, wire tie, and shekel from Ireland. I watch Maytag man last time he fix. Then it was undies, coins, and a rag.

No "May"tag flies.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.

 

[step.eng69]

Very funny, you should close your mouth are you'll be scooping up mayflies by the bushel.

 

[doublehaul]

Hoping to learn to fly fish. That sounds like a great trip!

Be prepared to get hooked.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

Be prepared to get hooked.

Been doing pretty well so far this year, doublehaul. How bout you? I keep saying I'm going to explore new water but the truck just automatically heads down to Huntingdon Co. and parks along Standing Stone someplace in the evenings.

 

[doublehaul]

Been doing pretty well so far this year, doublehaul. How bout you? I keep saying I'm going to explore new water but the truck just automatically heads down to Huntingdon Co. and parks along Standing Stone someplace in the evenings.

Vic, ive been out only a couple times so far, due to crappy weather and a couple minor health issues. Hope to get rolling soon. Trico season is on the horizon, one of my favorite times of year.

 

[STPGopherfan]

Be prepared to get hooked.[/QUOTE

I suppose there are worse things to get "hooked" on. That is unless I hook myself while casting...

 

[doublehaul]

Ive been flyfishing for over forty years, mostly self taught, but I watched others, listened to advice and read a ton of books. My advice, take a basic casting class at a flyshop to get started. Then read what you can and ask questions. Most flyguys are pretty open and will share info. Dont get frustrated, everyone hooks a tree or themsevles, breaks off flies or just cant fgure out what the trout are feeding on. Its part of the game, but even on your worse day fishing beats any day at work. Relax and enjoy.

 

[STPGopherfan]

Ive been flyfishing for over forty years, mostly self taught, but I watched others, listened to advice and read a ton of books. My advice, take a basic casting class at a flyshop to get started. Then read what you can and ask questions. Most flyguys are pretty open and will share info. Dont get frustrated, everyone hooks a tree or themsevles, breaks off flies or just cant fgure out what the trout are feeding on. Its part of the game, but even on your worse day fishing any day at work. Relax and enjoy.

Thanks for the advice! We (my wife and I) hope to visit some friends who have wanted to teach us for a few years. We just haven't been able to sync schedules. Fortunately for us, there are a few streams within an hour or two of the Twin Cities. I wish I would have learned sooner.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

Thanks for the advice! We (my wife and I) hope to visit some friends who have wanted to teach us for a few years. We just haven't been able to sync schedules. Fortunately for us, there are a few streams within an hour or two of the Twin Cities. I wish I would have learned sooner.

If you already do any other type of fishing you can learn to cast a fly rod very quickly, maybe a few hours. That's the easy part. Then it's learning how to eliminate drag, probably learning a few new knots, and then figuring out what they want. It's a big puzzle that's sometimes easy and sometimes hard to solve but that's the fun of it. The good part is you can have some success even if you're not throwing a perfect imitation, or even a good cast. I still like fishing bait or spinners on a spinning rod especially early in the season but you'll get skunked far less often with the fly rod, I can almost guarantee that. I learned from a friend who showed me the basics. Great way to go, and free.

 

[STPGopherfan]

If you already do any other type of fishing you can learn to cast a fly rod very quickly, maybe a few hours. That's the easy part. Then it's learning how to eliminate drag, probably learning a few new knots, and then figuring out what they want. It's a big puzzle that's sometimes easy and sometimes hard to solve but that's the fun of it. The good part is you can have some success even if you're not throwing a perfect imitation, or even a good cast. I still like fishing bait or spinners on a spinning rod especially early in the season but you'll get skunked far less often with the fly rod, I can almost guarantee that. I learned from a friend who showed me the basics. Great way to go, and free.

Thanks! I've fished, just not much in the last few years. I had the same bait related challenges with open faced / closed face reels. That's all part of the "fun".

Again, thanks!