I'm no expert on this hatch but fom what Ive seen the areas with the
softest soil are the places to look for the big groups of Cicaids. The
hard rock filled soil in the mouniain areas dont contain the numbers
the farm land have but there are still good populations. Mornings are
best around 5:30am to 10am and then when it gets hot around 2pm, I
guess they dehydrate and loose energy late in the day and find their
way to the water. Guys are fishing in pairs and one guy will shake a
tree upstream and then the partner fishes the chum slick. I've had
guys tell me they are fishing them in tandum so they pull on each
other making them look alive. Other guys are fishing a dropper off the
Cicada and its about a 50/50 ratio. The meat guys are using live
Cicadas and a water bobber and some very big fish have been caught.
The biggest I've been told about was 23 inches. The hatch should go on
for another 2 weeks with all the overcast days we have had and are
going to have. I've sold through 60 dz and poeple are still looking
for them (Greg Hoovers Pattern). I splay the wings out to the side and
crazy glue them so they stay out to the side. The lower creek near the
farm land has been best - Weikert and downstream, but the C&R all the
way to Coburn has them. Inglesby was especially good last Monday my
only venture to this area this year. The BWO,Slate Drake and Cahill
hatches have been fantastic too.

Bruce