be furious action for awhile, the fish quickly get stuffed and stop
feeding. They'll eventually start up again, but it takes patience to wait
them out.

I've seen this with Green Drakes on the HFork * and Salmon flies on a couple
rivers ... bugs on the water everywhere but no fish to be seen, they're
simply stuffed ... I would think ( spelled g-u-e-s-s ) that with cicadas it
might not be as likely as with aquatic insects ... there may be billions of
them around, but how many on the water ?


The action I saw in Maryland in 2004 was pretty awesome. One bug
would float down the river evey 10 minutes or so and the fish in the
pools would go nuts till a big fish came up to chomp on it. By then,
its legs and wings were gone, eaten by the smaller fish. I should
make a fly that has hooks instead of legs. I could haul fish out all
day long, just like the spin fishermen. Then again, it would be
illegal in most places.
Frank Reid