On 30 May 2006 15:58:41 -0700, "Wolfgang" wrote:

deer flies do die an agonizing and proper death before september, don't
they?

Nowhere near as agonizing as it should be.....but John and I saw nary a
one last year.

watersmeet...sounds about right for a fishing location. better
euphony than "lizard lick" or "tickbite".

The place is not as felicitous as its name. It has a casino these
days.....before that it was just another not particularly wide spot in
the road.

thanks for the hard work in scouting locations. at least there were no
mosquitos...or did the flies eat them?

There were just a few mosquitoes. They'll be getting warmed up real
soon now. Unfortunately, they and the deer flies do not dine upon one
another. The good news is that the deer flies will indeed by a distant
(if distinctly unpleasant) memory by September. The black flies will
also have come and gone. The mosquitoes......well, as George mentioned
recently, they are hard to predict. If the season stays warm enough
and wet enough for long enough they could still be troublesome. Most
years though, they aren't too obstreperous in the hilly western U.P. by
then. Further east?......dunno.

Wolfgang


Some folks I know just came back from the Porkies. The flies drove
them nuts too (not that I'm saying you're nuts or anything). Down here
in Merrill we do have deer flies and skeets but the black flies for
some reason don't seem to like it here. Must be all the clean living
here.

g.c.