"rb608" wrote in message
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"Jeff Taylor" wrote in message
Do any of you use the water boatman and what kind of experiences have you
had with this pattern?

Apart from their function as fish food, I've been curious where these
things come from. Whenever the chlorine level in my backyard pool drops
low enough, I'll start to see a few swimming around. They're really cool
little guys, but how do they get into my pool? Are they a developmental
stage of a flying insect?

The following site has a pretty good run down on the water boatman. I had no
idea they could fly when reaching the adult stage... I suppose they are
coming from a near by stream or lake, after mating, they find there way to
your pool.

This site also has 4 patterns at the end that look pretty good.

http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure...rboatmen.phtml

Interesting little bug,
JT