"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
...the other thing flying around was that pretty little fly
that looks like a fairy dressed in a green gossamer gown. what is
that?...

Could be one of the lacewings:

http://www.insectary.com/lw/lacewing.htm

http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/bi...rysoperla.html

Pretty common insects.

Or, it could be any number of other things.

Sounds like you had a good day despite the lack of fish. Sometimes it's
even better that way.

Wolfgang